Health Payer Intelligence May 1, 2018
Increasing Medicare Advantage data transparency can help payers and healthcare experts answer necessary questions about the cost and quality of the Medicare Advantage program.
Expanding Medicare Advantage data transparency may allow researchers to gain more comprehensive insights into cost and quality within the popular MA program.
Healthcare experts and academic organizations currently have limited Medicare Advantage data access related to patient outcomes, CMS spending, and payer operational costs within MA. However, new federal changes could soon update available MA data.
CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced that the agency will expand Medicare Advantage data transparency for consumers and researchers to create informed opinions on the program.
The agency will share 2015 MA data related to healthcare service cost, provider information, and...