Here are eight updates on Medicare Advantage Becker’s has reported since April 4.
- CMS’ risk adjustment changes won’t slow down UnitedHealth Group’s long-term growth in the program, CEO Andrew Witty told investors April 14.
- Devoted Health is the fastest growing Medicare Advantage startup plan — here’s how the largest startup plans fared in 2023 enrollment.
- CMS issued a final rule April 5 that, among other things, aims to streamline Medicare Advantage and Part D prior authorizations and clamp down on misleading marketing practices.
- Two senators are introducing legislation aimed at reducing Medicare Advantage overpayments. The “No UPCODE” act, introduced by Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, a Louisiana Republican, and Sen. Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, would target upcoding through several mechanisms.
- Just 1 percent of people eligible for Medicare in Alaska are enrolled in Medicare Advantage. Here are the states with the lowest percentage of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in MA plans.
- Enrollees in Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare use less postacute care in markets with higher Medicare Advantage penetration, a study published in the April issue of Health Affairs found.
- Medicare Advantage outpaced traditional Medicare on most clinical quality measures in 2010 and 2017, a study published in Health Affairs found.
- Rochester, N.Y., and Rio Grande City, Texas, have the highest rates of Medicare Advantage adoption. Here are the metropolitan areas where more than 65 percent of Medicare-eligible people choose Medicare Advantage.
