Association of Medicare Advantage Premiums With Measures of Quality and Patient Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Quality of care varies substantially across Medicare Advantage plans. The price information that Medicare Advantage enrollees are most likely to consider when selecting a Medicare Advantage plan is the monthly premium. Enrollees may select plans to minimize premium or, alternatively, use premium as a proxy for quality and select plans with higher premiums; however, quality implications of these choices are unknown.

Objective

To determine the extent to which the quality of care offered by Medicare Advantage plans varies within vs across premium levels.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of the population enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans in 2016 to 2017 using clinical quality measures from the Healthcare Effec

SUBMITTER: Haviland AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9419011 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature