Projected Coding Intensity In Medicare Advantage Could Increase Medicare Spending By $200 Billion Over Ten Years By Richard Kronick Health Affairs, February 2017 Abstract Over the past decade, the average…
Medicare Advantage plans pay hospitals less than does traditional Medicare
…found that Medicare Advantage plans paid 5.6 percent less for hospital services than FFS Medicare did. Without taking into account the narrower networks of Medicare Advantage, the program paid 8.0…
Onset of disability spurs exit from private Medicare Advantage plans
Switching Between Medicare Advantage And Traditional Medicare Before And After The Onset Of Functional Disability
…traditional Medicare to Medicare Advantage, and that the characteristics of people who switch from Medicare Advantage to traditional Medicare are different from those of people switching from traditional Medicare to…
CMS Should terminate the Medicare Advantage Program
PNHP Comments on CMS file code CMS-4203-NC: “Medicare Program; Request for Information on Medicare Advantage”
By Physicians for a National Health Program August 25, 2022 Medicare Advantage is a program offering private health insurance plans as options to replace traditional Medicare. Medicare Advantage plans differ…
Insurance industry gearing up again for more Medicare Advantage overpayments
…patients in the traditional FFS Medicare program, a less healthy population than those in the Medicare Advantage plans. Since the Medicare Advantage plans continue to be successful in recruiting healthier…
Insurance industry gearing up again for more Medicare Advantage overpayments
New Report: CMS’ Changes to Medicare Advantage Undermine Care for Beneficiaries Managing Chronic Conditions America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), January 22, 2016 With 17 million seniors and individuals with disabilities…
Citing ‘denials, delays,’ Baptist Health ends contracts with two more Medicare Advantage carriers
Many Kentuckians are ‘captive customers,’ will have to pay more or change medical providers
…enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans. Baptist Health last fall ended its contract agreement with Humana for physician services covered by Medicare Advantage, the Kentucky Lantern reported in October. That means…
Medicare Advantage plans are ripping off taxpayers by the billions
Insurers Running Medicare Advantage Plans Overbill Taxpayers By Billions As Feds Struggle To Stop It
…shoved into the Medicare Advantage plans where they lose their choices in physicians and hospitals because of the restrictive provider networks selected by the Medicare Advantage insurers. Why should we…
Medicare Advantage keeps growing. Tiny, rural hospitals say that’s a huge problem.
…on the level of Medicare Advantage penetration in individual communities, some facilities are seeing a significant portion of their traditional Medicare patient or beneficiary move into Medicare Advantage,” Cochran-McClain says….
Center for Public Integrity on the Medicare Advantage Money Grab
…health care industry clients. http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/06/04/14840/why-medicare-advantage-costs-taxpayers-billions-more-it-should “The Medicare Advantage Money Grab”: http://www.publicintegrity.org/health/medicare/medicare-advantage-money-grab **** Comment: By Don McCanne, MD Medicare Advantage is a program in which our government has conspired with insurers…
Center for Public Integrity on the Medicare Advantage Money Grab
…health care industry clients. http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/06/04/14840/why-medicare-advantage-c… “The Medicare Advantage Money Grab”:http://www.publicintegrity.org/health/medicare/medicare-advantage-money-… Medicare Advantage is a program in which our government has conspired with insurers to privatize Medicare, even though it costs…
Feds Knew About Medicare Advantage Overcharges Years Ago
…— and more are expected to follow. Supporters argue that Medicare Advantage improves care while costing members less out of pocket than standard Medicare. The Medicare Advantage industry is lobbying…