tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 19

MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: MedPAC- Remove Medicare Advantage Advantages

Commission wants MA benchmarks to line up with FFS costs.The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has long been a proponent of creating a level playing field between fee-for-service Medicare and Medicare Advantage private plans. On April 21, MedPAC again put this viewpoint on display as commission members voted to recommend removing several perceived unfair advantages granted to MA plans in the Medicare Modernization Act. First Act: Put Stabilization Fund Out To Pasture The recommendations, which will be officially transmitted to Congress in MedPAC's June report, include eliminating the $10 billion "stabilization fund" intended to reward new regional preferred...

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