Becker's Healthcare January 12, 2024
RSV vaccinations brought more older adults to their primary care offices in the last months of 2023, one factor behind rising medical costs in Medicare Advantage, UnitedHealth Group executives said.
Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, told investors on a Jan. 12 call that more visits to primary care providers for RSV vaccines led to increased medical service costs in other areas for the Medicare population.
“To be clear, all of that is good news for healthcare. These are seniors, many of whom had not been to the office in a long time,” Mr. Witty said. “They’ve come back in now, got vaccinated, and physicians have picked up on other things.”
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