Becker's Healthcare November 21, 2023
The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund would be solvent until 2048 if traditional Medicare utilization levels were similar to those under Medicare Advantage, according to research published in October by AHIP and conducted by Avalere.
The Medicare Board of Trustees report has previously projected that the fund will be insolvent by 2031.
Avalere analyzed inpatient, skilled nursing facility, and home health claims data from 2018 and 2019 under a scenario where traditional Medicare patient days per user were at the same level as Medicare...