For those of us working in Medicare Advantage, springtime brings a sense of anticipation, as the annual events that shape our industry begin to ramp up. Just ten days after everyone returned from RISE National in Orlando, CMS dropped two of the most consequential releases of the year — the CY2027 Final Rule on April […]

Megan Tinker, Chief of Staff at HHS OIG, delivered the closing keynote at RISE National 2026. The OIG has expanded its oversight of Medicare Advantage significantly, and the data she brought to the stage made clear that this shift in regulatory posture is permanent and the plans treating it as temporary are already behind. She […]