Becker's Healthcare July 10, 2019
Compared to Google, Medicare Advantage provider directories contained less accurate information, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care.
Austin Frakt, PhD, director of the Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center at the V.A. Boston Healthcare System and a co-author of the study, wrote in a column for The New York Times that even for researchers, “figuring out which doctors are available (and where) can be exceedingly difficult, if not impossible” for Medicare Advantage plans.
While Medicare Advantage has been promoted by the Trump administration as an alternative to Medicare that offers more coverage for a lower price tag, Dr. Frakt writes that often a limitation of the plans — that physician networks may be narrower —...
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