Healthcare Innovation March 8, 2023
A new controversy has erupted over the Medicare Advantage program, with partisans on the two sides praising or decrying CMS’s near-term payment and regulatory plans for MA
Controversy has erupted in the healthcare industry over the potential decision of officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement payment and regulatory changes to the Medicare Advantage program. CMS officials are looking at a potential 1.03-percent average Medicare Advantage revenue increase for calendar year 2024, driven by a 2.09-percent growth rate, representing a major decrease from the 8.5-percent increase in MA rates that CMS had approved in the final rule the agency had released last April.
Last month, CMS officials released the advance notice of methodological changes for...