CMS 2018 Advance Notice, 5 Takeaways

1. The average change in Medicare Advantage insurers' revenue is expected to climb 2.75%.
2. The average change in Medicare Advantage insurers' revenue climb was 3.05% in 2017.
3. By 2020, it planned to base Medicare Advantage risk scores 100% on encounter data.
4. In a 2017 Medicare Advantage pay notice, it said it intended to base 50% of payments on encounter data in 2018
5. The CMS is proposing a modest increase in baseline Medicare Advantage payment rates for 2018 of 0.25% on average, down from 0.85% last year.

Source: CMS
Source URL: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Health-Plans/MedicareAdvtgSpecR...

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