Healthcare Finance News August 18, 2022
Jeff Lagasse

Just 38% of MA plan members say they have enough coverage for mental health treatment, down from 39% a year ago.

Overall customer satisfaction with Medicare Advantage plans has increased this year, thanks largely to improvements in billing and payments, cost and provider choice. But according to the new J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Medicare Advantage Study, some concerning trends are brewing beneath the surface of those positive numbers.

Most notably, a majority of Medicare Advantage plan members are saying they don’t have enough coverage for mental health and substance use disorder services.

Data from the Commonwealth Fund and the National Library of Medicine shows an estimated 1.7 million Medicare beneficiaries living with a diagnosed substance use disorder, and about...

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