April 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a 5.06% increase in the government's final reimbursement rates for 2026 Medicare Advantage health plans run by private insurers, compared with a decline of 0.2% last year.
The final rates rose from the 2.2% increase in payments proposed in January.
(Reporting by Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
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