Medicare Chartbook, 2010
This chartbook provides the most recent and reliable data available about the Medicare program and the 47 million seniors and younger people with disabilities who get health insurance coverage through the program.
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Medicare Advantage 2011 Data Spotlight: Plan Availability and Premiums
ReportThis Medicare Advantage Data Spotlight provides an overview of recent changes made to the Medicare Advantage program and examines trends in plan participation, premiums and certain benefits.
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Quality Ratings of Medicare Advantage Plans: Key Changes in the Health Reform Law and 2010 Enrollment Data
Issue BriefNEW: Foundation brief looks at implications of 2011 quality ratings for Medicare Advantage plans. This Kaiser Family Foundation issue brief examines the key changes in this year’s health reform law that will reward bonuses to private Medicare Advantage plans based on quality rating.
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Medicare Advantage 2010 Data Spotlight: Plan Enrollment Patterns and Trends
Issue BriefThis data spotlight examines at enrollment trends in Medicare Advantage plans, including Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) and Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans. These plans are paid by the government to provide Medicare-covered benefits to those who choose to enroll in them. As of March 2010, a record 11.
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Tracking Medicare Health and Prescription Drug Plans Report—May 2010
ReportThis brief presents current monthly data on Medicare Advantage plan participation, enrollment and penetration. It also summarizes recent activities by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), participating health plans, and the research community pertaining to the Medicare Advantage program and prescription drug plans that began serving the Medicare population in January 2006.
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Summary of Key Changes to Medicare in 2010 Health Reform Law
Issue BriefSummary of Key Changes to Medicare in 2010 Health Reform Law . This brief provides a detailed look at the improvements in Medicare benefits, changes to payments for providers and Medicare Advantage plans, various demonstration projects and other Medicare provisions in the law. It includes a timeline of key dates for implementing the Medicare-related provisions in the law.
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Explaining Health Reform: Medicare and the New Independent Payment Advisory Board
Issue BriefThis brief describes how the new board created under the 2010 health reform law is expected to limit the growth in Medicare spending over time.
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Explaining Health Reform: Key Changes in the Medicare Advantage Program
Issue BriefThis brief examines the changes in the 2010 health reform law affecting the Medicare Advantage program, which gives beneficiaries the option of enrolling in private insurance plans for their Medicare benefits, instead of the traditional fee-for-service program.
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Medicare Health and Prescription Drug Plans Report
Other PostMedicare Health and Prescription Drug Plans Monthly Tracking Reports These briefs present monthly data on Medicare Advantage participation, enrollment and penetration.
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Medicare Advantage 2010 Data Spotlights
ReportNow Available: 2011 Medicare Advantage Spotlight: Plan Availability and Premiums The Kaiser Family Foundation has issued a series of data spotlight looking at the 2010 Medicare Advantage plan options and trends around the Medicare Advantage plan. These spotlights were prepared by a team of researchers at Mathematica Policy Research Inc. and the Kaiser Family Foundation.