Medicare Advantage

Research published in 2025 has highlighted differences in hospital stay lengths and prices paid to hospitals between Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare.  Here are eight studies examining Medicare Advantage Becker’s has reported on in 2025: 

The largest Medicare Advantage insurers are backing reforms to the program, and lawmakers are drafting new legislation targeting MA.  Here are 10 Medicare Advantage developments Becker’s has reported since May 28. 

New York City can implement an Aetna Medicare Advantage plan for its retirees, the state’s highest court ruled June 18.  The city has pushed to switch its health benefits for retired city employees to a Medicare Advantage plan since 2021.…

The gap in out-of-pocket spending between Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service beneficiaries is widening, according to a report from the Better Medicare Alliance.  The pro-Medicare Advantage group, backed by major insurers, commissioned the analysis, which was conducted by ATI Advisory. The…

UnitedHealthcare is ending broker commission payments for some of its Medicare Advantage plans.  In a statement shared with Becker’s June 17, a spokesperson said the company will not pay commissions for new enrollments for a “small percentage” of its Medicare…

Medicare Advantage enrollees receive fewer home health visits than their counterparts in fee-for-service Medicare, according to the Medicare Payment and Advisory Commission.  The commission, which advises Congress on Medicare and Medicaid issues, published a report to Congress June 12.  Here…

Medicare Advantage isn’t living up to its promise, Former U.S. Rep. Jim Greenwood wrote in an op-ed published in The Hill June 15.  Mr. Greenwood was one of the authors of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, which created the…

St. Louis-based Mercy and Humana have opened two joint primary care clinics for older adults.  The first two clinics in Springfield, Mo., and Nixa, Mo., opened in June, according to a June 12 news release.  The clinic sites will be…

The federal government will spend an estimated $86 billion on Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits in 2025, according to a report from the Medicare Payment and Advisory Commission.  MedPAC, which advises the federal government on Medicare policy, published the report to…

Coventry Health and Life Insurance Co., an Aetna subsidiary, received an estimated $6.9 million in Medicare Advantage overpayments, an audit published by HHS’ Office of Inspector General June 5 found.  The government watchdog reviewed a sample of diagnosis codes Coventry…