Becker's Healthcare April 5, 2024
Jakob Emerson

The tensions between hospitals and Medicare Advantage plans continue to grow. With the program hitting nearly 34 million enrollees in March, paired with recent policy moves by the federal government, the scene has been set for those relations to worsen.

“The relationship between hospitals and managed care is strained at best right now,” Chip Kahn, president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals, told Becker’s. “[Insurers] are finding every way to not pay for the care that Medicare beneficiaries should receive. I don’t know how the issue gets worse — we’re at a critical stage, and I think CMS is sending those signals.”

On April 1, CMS finalized a slight decrease in MA benchmark payments for 2025. The...

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