Thursday, February 9, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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Health Affairs is launching a new Forefront series, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of models of accountable care and related policies. The series will run through December 31, 2023, and submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more.
The authors report that MA enrollment increased by 337.0 percent from 2006 through 2022. In that same period, traditional Medicare enrollment declined by 2.9 percent.
They suggest that if these trends
continue, MA enrollment will soon overtake traditional Medicare enrollment, which could have significant implications for reform.
"These trends may raise concerns about the stability and accuracy of MA benchmarks, the target against which MA plans bid," assert Trish and colleagues.
"Because these benchmarks are set according to spending among traditional Medicare beneficiaries in the county, using spending data from residual traditional Medicare enrollees may become an increasing concern as MA penetration rises."
Check out Trish and colleagues’ article and the newest issue of Health Affairs.
Today in Forefront, Angela Shen and coauthors write that the incoming generation of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines and related interventions will look very different from historical vaccine breakthroughs.
Health AffairsScholar Editor-in-Chief Kathryn Phillips announces that the new companion journal to Health Affairs is now accepting
submissions. If you're enjoying articles from Forefront, you can bookmark the website to never miss an article.
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