Trends in Cumulative Disenrollment in the Medicare Advantage Program, 2011-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Medicare Advantage (MA) program is rapidly growing. While previous work has found that beneficiaries with substantial health needs disenroll from plans at higher rates, the long-term frequency of disenrollment is not well understood.

Objective

To compare cumulative disenrollment trends in the MA program by beneficiary and plan characteristics.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, serial cross-sectional study included beneficiaries with any MA enrollment from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2020. Data analysis took place from September 2022 to March 2023.

Exposures

Beneficiary characteristics, including race and ethnicity, length of Medicare enrollment, dual eligibility, and comorbidity burden, and contract characteristics, inclu

SUBMITTER: Meyers DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10457718 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature