MedCity News May 3, 2023
By forcing providers to coordinate and take responsibility for the overall health of customers, Medicare Advantage can promote the healthcare change we need. It’s a philosophical shift that makes providers think more like insurers and less like businesses that are rewarded for volume, not results.
Medicare Advantage has been getting a bad rap in Washington lately, but the program offers the best chance to rein in runaway spending in an industry that has focused too much on sick care instead of true health care.
This spring the Biden administration set off one of the fiercest lobbying campaigns in years by proposing an overhaul to Medicare Advantage programs that now cover about half of all seniors — more than 30 million...