{"id":24309,"date":"2025-04-25T08:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24309"},"modified":"2025-04-25T08:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:54:15","slug":"the-difference-in-care-between-medicare-and-medicare-advantage-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24309","title":{"rendered":"The difference in care between Medicare and Medicare Advantage members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the increasing enrollment by Medicare recipients in Medicare Advantage health plans and the issue of prior authorization requirements and limited provider networks, a team of health policy researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health looked at the ramifications of possible delays and denials in necessary radiation treatment. Maya Brownstein, the Media Relations Manager in the Office of Communications at Harvard School for Public Health, summarizes the research teams\u2019 findings. To read the summary and be connected to the study, click <a href=\"https:\/\/hsph.harvard.edu\/news\/medicare-advantage-may-limit-radiation-treatment-options-for-cancer-increase-cost-and-duration-of-care\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/hsph.harvard.edu\/news\/medicare-advantage-may-limit-radiation-treatment-options-for-cancer-increase-cost-and-duration-of-care\/\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"105\" class=\"wp-image-8434\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data.jpg 450w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data-392x272.jpg 392w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/research-data-130x90.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the increasing enrollment by Medicare recipients in Medicare Advantage health plans and the issue of prior authorization requirements and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[385,238,61,62,94],"class_list":["post-24309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-healthcare-finance","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24309","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=24309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24310,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24309\/revisions\/24310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}