Tag: Medicare
The December edition addresses some aspects of how quality data are reported and are used in performance-based payment structures.
The July 2017 edition tabulates Medicare’s per capita costs in each state and U.S. territory, showing the level of cost variation that exists between jurisdictions. These figures are from 2015 and represent costs in the fee-for-service setting for Part A and Part B services.
- Keywords: Expenditures Medicare
The February edition tabulates overall health care expenditures from 2006-2016, and shows the progression of Medicaid, Medicare, and private health spending. A key observation from these tabulations is that health costs haven’t grown all that rapidly across the past decade – annual per capita cost increases have averaged 3.7% for the entire US population, 2.3% in Medicare, 3.2% in Medicaid, and 4.0% in the rest of the population.
- Keywords: Expenditures Medicaid Medicare
As of September 2016, 32% of Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in a Medicare Advantage health plan. This edition produces MCO penetration statistics for each state and provides some county level tabulations. For example, in 137 counties Medicare health plans currently serve more than half of the Medicare beneficiaries residing in that county. The highest statewide penetration is in Minnesota (55.5%).
- Keywords: Enrollment Medicare
The health policy cows are back for April’s report, which presents data and opinions regarding the need to pilot-test implementing managed care in the Medicare arena in a similar manner as typically occurs in Medicaid — mandatory enrollment of beneficiaries into a small number of competitively selected MCOs.
- Keywords: Enrollment Medicaid Medicare Policy
The February report pieces together different data on prescription volume by state – mostly through our staff’s tabulations – showing the distribution of each state’s total 2015 prescriptions between those paid by Medicaid, Medicare Part D, and all other payer sources combined. There was considerable variation in this percentage distribution in each state.
- Keywords: Medicaid Medicare Prescription Drugs
This edition focuses on the reporting of ACO Evaluation results by CMS.
- Keywords: Medicare
This edition of our Five Slide Series is focused on honoring accountability in Medicare and Medicaid — where it is being achieved and where it isn’t.
This edition of our Five Slide Series is Medicare-focused, policy-oriented, and qualitative and opinionated in nature. We report on the achievements the Medicaid program has made in the mandatory enrollment MCO model, and convey our thoughts on testing a similar approach in Medicare.
- Keywords: Enrollment Medicaid Medicare Policy
This edition looks at Medicaid and Medicare combined costs. Nationwide, 2009 combined claims-based spending on Medicaid and Medicare represented approximately $800 billion in overall outlays, excluding most disproportionate share (DSH) and upper payment limit (UPL) supplemental payments. These claims-based expenditures were divided 42% for persons with Medicare coverage (but not Medicaid), 29% for persons with Medicaid coverage (and not Medicare), and 29% for Medicaid/Medicare dual eligibles. Together, Medicaid and Medicare represented 5.6% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), $2,582 per resident, and $5,740 per working person above age 16, (excluding active duty military personnel).
- Keywords: Expenditures Medicaid Medicare