MedCity News January 16, 2023
Medicare Advantage patients with diabetes have higher prescription fill rates, fewer emergency department visits and lower total medical spending than traditional fee-for-service Medicare patients, a new report shows. They also received their diagnosis earlier.
Medicare Advantage patients may receive higher quality diabetes care than traditional fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries, a new analysis found. This includes earlier detection of diabetes and higher utilization of preventive care.
The report was conducted by Avalere Health, a healthcare consulting firm, and commissioned by Better Medicare Alliance, an advocacy organization for Medicare Advantage. The study included nearly 400,000 MA and traditional beneficiaries with prediabetes, nearly 325,000 MA and traditional beneficiaries with incident type 2 diabetes and more than 2.2 million MA and traditional beneficiaries with chronic...
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