The way to determine the quality of a Medicare Advantage health plan is simple: look at the five-star rating on the Medicare website. However, the Medicare Advantage Star Rating methodology that...
Agents play a major role in guiding members during Medicare Advantage plan enrollment, but their methods may limit members’ ability to know all of their health plan options, a...
CMS Medicare Advantage Star Ratings accurately indicate patient outcomes, a Health Affairs study recently confirmed.
“Higher star ratings have been found to be associated with increased...
The survey that informs Medicare Advantage Star Ratings requires modernization to accurately gauge member experience and effectively promote value-based care, according to new research conducted...
Almost all Medicare Advantage members are satisfied with their Medicare Advantage coverage and nonwhite members report slightly higher member satisfaction, according to a survey commissioned by Better...
Four trends have continued to define the Medicare Advantage space in recent years, fact sheets from the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) revealed.
“Congress created Medicare Advantage...
If beneficiaries were to choose the same health plan for 2021 as they did for 2020, slightly over 19 percent of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries would be enrolled in plans with a 4.5 Medicare Advantage...
Medicare Advantage proposed policy changes may result in a 2.82 percent average change in revenue and 4.55 percent change in growth, projected the CMS calendar year (CY) 2022 Medicare Advantage and...
As health plans consider how to meet the new Medicare Advantage Star Ratings programs, they will need to design surveys and advanced analytics tools to support their member experience improvement...
CMS has released Medicare Advantage Star Ratings for 2021 and the results demonstrate a continuation of last year’s positive trends.
Medicare Advantage health plan quality steadily continued its...
Going into what would be a tumultuous year for Medicare, twelve Medicare Advantage payers proved to be leaders in their field with five-star Medicare Advantage Star Ratings.
In a recent post, Matt...
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage across the US, the payer industry must consider how the current environment will affect Medicare Advantage Star Ratings for years to come. The industry may...
CMS has finalized changes to Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D telehealth policies and supplemental chronic disease management benefits. The agency has also expanded Medicare Advantage for rural...
Medicare Advantage plans are continuing along a trend of burgeoning enrollment and rising quality, although costs for certain services may be more expensive than traditional Medicare, according to...
CMS has finalized its Medicare Advantage and Part D rates, including finalizing the disputed Medicare Advantage end-stage renal disease (ESRD) payment rule without changes.
CMS anticipates a slight...
In its comments on the CMS advance notice for Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D changes, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) urged CMS to pursue greater transparency in Medicare Advantage...
Payers are pairing the news of finalized 2019 mergers and acquisitions with new partnership announcements, like Cigna which announced three new partnerships in its recent fourth quarter 2019 earnings...
CMS has proposed changes to Medicare Advantage that will increase plans’ revenues by 0.93 percent. The proposed rule would extend Medicare Advantage eligibility to those diagnosed with...
Medicare Advantage plans with prescription drug coverage (MA-PD) star ratings demonstrate that these plans are flourishing in distribution and, most of all, quality, CMS announced when it released the...
