July 25, 2024 • 10 min read • Written by Anna Porretta Back Summary: Medicare Advantage Private-Fee-for-Service (PFFS), Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), and Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plans are different types of Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare Advantage plans a...
Comparing Group Medicare Advantage Plans and Private Medicare ExchangesKersting, Matthew A.Schatten, KirstenBenefits Quarterly
Among 411,513 patients with FFS coverage in 2020, 10.1% switched to Medicare Advantage in 2021. Switchers constituted 12% of the dialysis population and 5% of the kidney transplant population. In the dialysis population, patients of Black race and Hispanic ethnicity were more likely to switch ...
Skilled home health care (HHC) is a critical service for community-dwelling older adults with dementia, but the majority of evidence about its use and quality is based on Traditional Medicare (TM) beneficiaries. Medicare Advantage (MA) plans - which now enroll over half of Medicare beneficiaries...
Medicare Advantage (MA) covers more than 1/3rd of all Medicare beneficiaries. MA plans are required to provide the same benefits as Traditional Medicare (TM), but can impose utilization management tools to control costs. To assess differences between TM and MA enrollees in the probability of ...
Background/Objectives: Adherence to pediatric obesity treatment can be challenging. Monetary incentives improve adherence to lifestyle interventions, with incentives framed as loss often more effective than those framed as gain. The objectives of this st