Healthcare Innovation June 27, 2021
Mark Hagland

Researchers publishing in the JAMA Health Forum have found that health plans with higher percentages of minority and low-socioeconomic-status enrollees in their Medicare Advantage plans, do better by those members

A new analysis by healthcare policy researchers looks at the confluence of Medicare Advantage’s star ratings and issues around health disparities. Authors David J. Meyers, Ph.D., M.P.H., Momtazur Rahman, Ph.D., Vincent Mor, Ph.D., Ira B. Wilson, M.D., and Amal N. Trivedi, M.D., M.P.H. al on June 11 published “Association of Medicare Advantage Star Ratings With Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Quality of Care” in the JAMA Health Forum online. All five authors are affiliated either with the Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, at the Brown University School...

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