After increasing by more than 400% between 2015 and 2023, federal spending on Medicare Advantage bonus payments will decline by $1 billion to $11.8 billion in 2024 – an 8% decline – following the expiration of pandemic-era policies that temporarily inc…
The Medicare Advantage program recently achieved the milestone of covering more than half of all Medicare beneficiaries, but according to a report from S&P Global Ratings, this could have an adverse impact on hospital margins.
Even as the hospitals and health systems continue to battle with Medicare Advantage programs over reimbursement rates, customer satisfaction with MA plans is significantly higher than with commercial member health plans, according to the J.D. Power 202…
