Patient-Reported Characteristics Across Dual-Eligible Medicare Advantage Plan Types.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A growing proportion of full-benefit dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries (ie, individuals receiving Medicare and full Medicaid) are enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA). MA plans vary in capacity and incentives to coordinate Medicare and Medicaid services, but little is known about the characteristics of dual-eligible beneficiaries across plan types.

Objectives

To compare the health and demographic characteristics of full-benefit dual-eligible beneficiaries across 4 MA plan types varying in Medicare-Medicaid service coordination and spending requirements.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study analyzed Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (HOS) data from 2017 to 2019, including 147 923 full-benefit dual-eligible beneficiaries (

SUBMITTER: Offiaeli K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12008755 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature