McKnight's October 23, 2023
Congress should do more to control Medicare Advantage spending and put traditional Medicare on more equal footing, a major nursing home advocacy group told a federal healthcare task force last week.
Halting overpayments to Medicare Advantage organizations and examining how the program’s “advantages” have actually made MA more expensive than traditional Medicare “warrant a look by Congress,” LeadingAge said in a letter.
The provider association made its views clear to US House Health Care Task Force Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX) last week, following a request for information on ways the government could “modernize and personalize the health care system, support innovation, and increase patient access to quality and affordable care.”
MA organizations are especially concerning because some wrongly deny services...
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