MedPAC Criticizes Effort To Expand MA Bonus Payments
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recently sent a letter to CMS Administrator Donald Berwick criticizing the expansion of quality bonus payments to lower-scoring insurers in the Medicare Advantage program. According to the letter, the new bonus program will reward even plans described on the Medicare website as being poor performers over a period of three years.
- "Effort To Reward Medicare Advantage Plans Draws Criticism" (Appleby, Kaiser Health News, 1/10).