{"id":18340,"date":"2021-06-16T08:41:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T12:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18340"},"modified":"2021-06-16T08:41:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T12:41:08","slug":"what-is-the-medicare-star-rating-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18340","title":{"rendered":"What is the Medicare star rating system?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medicare\u2019s Open Enrollment starts October 15th, but it\u2019s not too early to think about your Medicare coverage. During open enrollment, you should be comparing your Medicare Advantage Plans and Medicare Part D drug plans based on prescription drug coverage, copays, coinsurance costs, the plan\u2019s network of doctors, and service area.\u00a0However, there is another metric you should be considering when making your decision, and that is your plan\u2019s Medicare start rating. What is a Medicare star rating? To learn what Medicare Advantages ratings are based click, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/new-to-medicare-how-to-use-the-star-ratings-system-11623444591\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17863\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg 1219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medicare\u2019s Open Enrollment starts October 15th, but it\u2019s not too early to think about your Medicare coverage. During open enrollment,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18341,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18340\/revisions\/18341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}