Payment cuts did not reduce Medicare Advantage enrollment: Study

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review)

Cuts in Medicare Advantage benchmark payments did not lead to slower growth in enrollment, a study published June 24 in JAMA Health Forum found.

The study, written by researchers at the Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania and National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass., compared rates of Medicare Advantage enrollment in counties that faced high benchmark payment cuts to those with lower cuts. Continue reading here…

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