tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 17

Medicare Advantage: 2006 MA Pay Hike Not As Steep As Past Years

... but MA plans will still get a bumpMedicare Advantage private health plans will get a 4.8-percent per capita payment increase for 2006, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced April 4. That's down from the 6.6-percent boost plans got for 2005 and the 10.6-percent update plans got in 2004. Next year, a new crop of MA plans - preferred provider organizations serving much larger regions, including multi-state areas - will enter Medicare in numbers that are as yet unknown. But 2005 has seen a hefty boost in applications to serve Medicare as "local" plans...

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