Medicare Advantage providers face a 1.12% average cut in next year's reimbursement rate, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  announced on Friday. After intense insurance industry lobbying, the final rate was less than the 2.3% drop that regulators initially proposed.

Additional changes aimed at combatting overbilling by providers will be phased in over a three-year period.

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