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CVS Health (CVS) Is Down 10.2% After Surprise CMS Medicare Advantage Rate Proposal - Has The Bull Case Changed?
Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a near-flat 2027 payment increase for Medicare Advantage plans, well below industry expectations and raising concerns about revenue pressure for insurers such as CVS Health.
Alongside the modest rate proposal, CMS suggested risk-score and billing changes that could further affect how CVS’s Aetna business is reimbursed for Medicare Advantage members.
We’ll now examine how this unexpectedly small Medicare Advantage rate...