Becker's Healthcare August 25, 2023
Many Medicare Advantage beneficiaries disenroll from their plans within five years of enrolling, a study published Aug. 25 in JAMA Health Forum found.
The study analyzed disenrollment patterns for 82.4 million individuals enrolled in Medicare Advantage between 2011 and 2020. After one year, 13.2 percent of enrollees in non-dual-eligible plans disenrolled from the plan, and 15.9 percent of beneficiaries in dual-eligible special needs plans disenrolled.
After five years, 48.3 percent of enrollees in non-dual-eligible MA plans had left the plan, and 53.4 percent of D-SNP enrollees had disenrolled.
Contracts with five-star quality ratings from CMS had much lower five-year disenrollment rates, with 23 percent of enrollees leaving by the five-year mark. This number was 41.2 percent for...
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