Medicare Advantage payment policy
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- NHPF background paper
- Contributor(s):
- Merlis, Mark. George Washington University. National Health Policy Forum.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : George Washington University, [2007]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Medicare -- economics Prospective Payment System Benchmarking Fee-for-Service Plans Managed Care Programs Medical Savings Accounts Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are an important source of supplemental benefits for many Medicare beneficiaries. Often, MA plans are able to finance these extra benefits only because Medicare is paying them more than it would have spent to cover the same beneficiaries on a fee-for-service basis. As Congress considers curbing MA plan payments, this background paper explains how MA plans are paid and reviews recent trends in plan participation and enrollment. It then considers key issues raised by proposals to change the payment system.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 22 leaves
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101318134 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101318134