According to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Medicare Advantage beneficiaries in their last year of life transition to fee-for-service coverage at least twice as often as those who are expected to live longer. Healthcare costs associated with those patients were an estimated $422 million higher in 2016 than...National News
Despite efforts from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to curb hospital readmission for traditional fee-for-service Medicare, a new study suggests Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees are showing higher rates.
CMS only factors in fee-for-service Medicare user data when calculating readmission rates and does not...
