Becker's Healthcare July 1, 2024
Medicare Advantage plans have garnered animosity from providers due to the restrictive approval processes for needed services.
Congress is investigating insurer practices, but the Medicare Advantage plans likely aren’t going anywhere.
“Politically, getting rid of the Medicare Advantage program is probably not going to happen,” said Adam Bruggeman, MD, a spine surgeon at San Antonio-based Texas Spine Care Center and chief medical officer of MPOWERHealth, during a June 21 panel at the 21st Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC + The Future of Spine Conference in Chicago. “It’s baked into the Affordable Care Act, and that is a difficult piece of legislation to attack. Any of the issues that arose within that legislative piece are very difficult because clearly...
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