Evaluating Medicare Advantage Benchmark Setting Methodology on Rural Counties
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Description
Examines how the current Medicare Advantage benchmark setting process and methods impact rural and urban counties. Presents data on the Medicare fee-for-service spending quartiles by metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties and the effects of caps on benchmark payments by geography.
Author(s)
Dan M. Shane, Edmer Lazaro, Fred Ullrich, Keith Mueller
Date
01/2025
Type
Document
Organization
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Tagged as
Health insurance · Medicare · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data