MedPage Today April 29, 2024
— Evidence shows higher-quality care compared with fee-for-service, but also overpayments
From a clinical quality perspective, it’s not complicated; Medicare Advantage (MA) works. As anyone with a television knows, MA (“also known as Part C”) is the privately operated version of federally funded health insurance coverage that is available to all Americans age 65 and older. The inclusion of extra benefits (e.g., vision, hearing, dental services, lower out-of-pocket costs) in these plans have likely helped drive a dramatic enrollment shift to MA versus traditional Medicare. National statistics show that today MA covers more than half of all Medicare beneficiaries, including a disproportionately large share of socioeconomically disadvantaged populations.
The evidence suggests that this is a good thing! All MA plans...
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