Health Affairs

Whether Medicare Advantage plans should be paid more than traditional Medicare has long been an issue of debate. In the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Congress voted to narrow the difference in payments between the two programs from 2012-2017, with some offsets based on quality bonuses for plans with higher quality scores.... Read the rest of this entry »

Medicare Advantage (MA) has been at the center of partisan debate on the tradeoff between preserving Medicare solvency and protecting consumer choice. CMS’s recent release of preliminary payment policies for Medicare health plans — that is, plans offered through Medicare Advantage (MA) — is likely to refuel the ongoing debate on MA payments that continues... Read the rest of this entry »