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Elevance Health has paid the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services more than $342 million to settle allegations that it had overcharged the Medicare Advantage program for years.
"Changing jobs is a normal part of many workers' career paths, but it can also be an important turning point for retirement savings," said Craig Copeland, director of wealth benefits research for EBRI.
Republican House members last week introduced a package of bills that would create a state hospital pricing board, limit hospital price increases, restrict health care consolidation and prohibit certain physician non-compete agreements.
The legal wrangling began in 2019, when the hospital alleged that Kaiser Permanente underpaid for emergency medical services provided to its members after the two organizations terminated their formal provider contract four years earlier.
Although more than 7 in 10 workers report thinking at least some about how they will withdraw money from their 401(k) in retirement, just 22% have thought about it "a lot."
"Many interactions that support coordination, learning, mentoring, problem solving and attachment to the firm occur informally and repeatedly through face-to-face contact," the report said.