Healthcare DIVE May 22, 2019
Dive Brief:
- Medicare Advantage beneficiaries are increasingly likely to be affected by socioeconomic and demographic factors contributing to worse health outcomes, stressing the importance of plans providing non-medical benefits targeted for these high-cost, high-need patients, according to a new Avalere analysis. The finding was especially strong for MA members eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.
- The healthcare consulting firm analyzed claims and ZIP code data from more than1.8 million MA beneficiaries for the 2015 plan year. It found more than half of the dual eligible population lived in a neighborhood with a median income below $30,000 and more than half lived in a neighborhood where at least 20% of households earned below the federal poverty level. That’s compared...
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