Medicare costs

New Medicare legislation will slow but not stop overpayments

harminka — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:48:23 -0500

Private fee-for-service (PFFS) Medicare Advantage plans will be paid an average 16.6 percent more in 2008 compared to what the same enrollees would have cost in the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund.

Extra payments to Medicare Advantage plans to total $8.5 billion in 2008

harminka — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:54:07 -0500

Private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will be paid an average 12.4 percent more per enrollee in 2008 compared to what the same enrollee would have cost in the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund.

Higher Medicare spending yields mixed bag for patients

harminka — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:59:21 -0600

Many recent studies have found that Medicare spending across the country varies greatly. But despite these spending differences, aggregate health outcomes tend to be the same no matter which region a person lives in. Because of this, some policy makers have determined that there is no value to the excess costs in high-spending areas.