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Jim Reed,Health reporter, BBC News and Yaya Egwaikhide,Health producer, BBC News BBC Dame Ruth May was England’s chief nurse from 2019 until she retired in July 2024 Nurses bore the brunt of the pandemic, with low staffing levels and difficulties accessing protective equipment, according to England’s former chief nurse. Dame Ruth May told the Covid…

Federal payments to Medicare Advantage plans are adjusted for the health status of the plans’ enrollees through a process known as risk adjustment. Generally, payments are higher for people with more health conditions and lower for people with fewer health conditions. The purpose of risk adjusting payments is to ensure Medicare Advantage plans receive sufficient payments…

This glossary serves as a guide to the sometimes arcane terms that inhabit the world of Medicare Advantage, the private plan alternative to traditional Medicare. Source link

UKHSA’s Prof Susan Hopkins questioned over face masks at Covid inquiry. There is only “weak evidence” that high-grade face masks better protected health workers than surgical ones in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has been told. Prof Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said respirator masks – known as…

Medicare Advantage, the private plan alternative to traditional Medicare, covers over half of eligible Medicare beneficiaries. Initially, one of the goals of having Medicare contract with private plans was to generate savings for the Medicare program by introducing competition between private plans. However, private plans have never generated savings for Medicare, in part because the…