Becker's Healthcare November 6, 2023
Increasing Medicare Advantage enrollment in rural areas did not increase rural hospitals’ financial distress or risk of closing, a study published Nov. 3 in the American Journal of Managed Care found.
Researchers studied rural hospitals in 14 states from 2008 to 2019. Medicare Advantage enrollment in rural hospital counties increased from 14.3% of Medicare beneficiaries in 2008 to 28.4% in 2019. The percentage of Medicare inpatient stays paid for by MA plans increased from 6.5% in 2008 to 20.6% in 2019.
The researchers found that when Medicare Advantage...
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