Fact Based List:

Health Affairs: 3 Key findings That Have Significant Implications For MA Plans

  1. Large differences in performance on the Star System between plans that focus on low-income populations and other plans are evident at the individual measure level across time
  2. The disparity between MA plans that focus on low-income populations and other plans is growing due to the unique challenges they face
  3. Plan contracts that focus on low-income populations significantly underperform on the Star System compared to contracts with low enrollment of these beneficiaries

Source: Health Affairs
Source URL: http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2014/09/22/medicare-advantage-...