Medicare Advantage Plans in 2017: Short-term Outlook is Stable

Introduction
  1. See Jacobson G, Damico A, Neuman T, and Gold M. “Medicare Advantage 2016 Spotlight: Enrollment Market Update.” Kaiser Family Foundation.  June 2016. https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-advantage-2016-spotlight-enrollment-market-update/

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  2. Jacobson G, Trilling A, Neuman T, Damico A, and Gold G. “Medicare Advantage Hospital Networks: How Much Do They Vary?” Kaiser Family Foundation. June 2016. https://www.kff.org/medicare/report/medicare-advantage-hospital-networks-how-much-do-they-vary/

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  3. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. “Medicare Advantage Program Payment System.” October 2016. http://www.medpac.gov/docs/default-source/payment-basics/medpac_payment_basics_16_ma_final.pdf

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  4. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) “Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy,” March 2016, available at http://www.medpac.gov/docs/default-source/reports/chapter-12-the-medicare-advantage-program-status-report-march-2016-report-.pdf.

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Issue Brief
  1. For example, see Gold M, Jacobson G, Damico A, and Neuman T, “Medicare Advantage 2016 Spotlight: Enrollment Market Update.” May 2016. https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-advantage-2016-spotlight-enrollment-market-update/

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  2. Jacobson G, Neuman T, and Damico A. “Medicare Advantage Plan Switching: Exception or Norm?” Kaiser Family Foundation. September 2016. https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-advantage-plan-switching-exception-or-norm/

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  3. See Gold M, Hudson M, Jacobson G, and Neuman T, “Medicare Advantage 2010 Data Spotlight: Benefits and Cost-Sharing.” February 2010. https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-advantage-2010-data-spotlight-benefits-and/

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  4. Hoadley J, et al. “Medicare Part D: A First Look at Prescription Drug Plans in 2017” Kaiser Family Foundation. October 2016. http://files.kff.org/attachment/Issue-Brief-Medicare-Part-D-A-First-Look-at-Prescription-Drug-Plans-in-2017

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  5. For a list of the counties, see Jacobson G, Neuman T, Damico A, and Huang J. “Medicare Advantage Plan Star Ratings and Bonus Payments in 2012.” November 2011. https://www.kff.org/medicare/report/medicare-advantage-2012-star-ratings-and-bonuses/

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  6. Jacobson G, Neuman T, and Damico A. “Medicare Advantage Plan Switching: Exception or Norm?” Kaiser Family Foundation. September 2016. https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-advantage-plan-switching-exception-or-norm/

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  7. For example, see Gold, M. Interim Report Card on Medicare+Ch0ice, Health Aff July 2001 20:4120-138; and M. Gold, L. Achman, J. Mittler, and B. Stevens.“Monitoring Medicare+Choice: What Have We Learned?”  Washington DC: Mathematica Policy Research April 2004. https://www.mathematica-mpr.com/our-publications-and-findings/publications/monitoring-medicarechoice-what-have-we-learned-findings-and-operational-lessons-for-medicare-advantage

     

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