Health Payer Intelligence January 12, 2023
Medicare Advantage beneficiaries may see receive chronic disease management for their diabetes than fee-for-service Medicare.
Medicare Advantage plans have seen better patient outcomes in chronic disease management for diabetes than fee-for-service Medicare, according to a study by Avalere.
“Medicare Advantage is increasingly popular among Medicare beneficiaries. Given the program’s rising enrollment and the high incidence of diabetes among Medicare beneficiaries, our study focused on how enrollees with diabetes in Medicare Advantage compare to similar enrollees in fee-for-service Medicare,” Tom Kornfield, senior consultant at Avalere Health, said about the study in a Better Medicare Alliance press release.
“The study finds that several measures indicative of positive management of diabetes were higher for those in Medicare Advantage than those in traditional...