Insurers join hospitals in criticizing state over waiver talks

The health care industry’s frustration with the state’s talks over a new Medicare waiver plan became more evident Tuesday at a state House of Delegates committee meeting.

Insurance carriers and hospital leaders criticized state health administrators for bringing forward a plan to revise the state’s outdated Medicare waiver that lacks details as to how hospitals will accomplish the plan’s goals of lowering costs and hospital admissions and improving quality.

The state’s plan would influence…