Medicare Advantage in the headlines: 7 recent updates – 8

The federal government is expected to spend $80 billion more on Medicare Advantage beneficiaries in 2025 than if these beneficiaries were enrolled in fee-for-service plans, and UnitedHealth Group scored a major legal victory in a case alleging the insurer overcharged the federal government.

Here are seven Medicare Advantage updates Becker’s has reported since Feb. 26.

1. The federal government will spend $84 billion more on Medicare Advantage enrollees than if they were enrolled in fee-for-service plans in 2025, the Medicare Payment and Advisory Commission estimated in its annual report to Congress. Coding intensity and favorable selection account for most of the differences between the two programs.
2. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts is the latest insurer to sue...

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