{"id":5241,"date":"2024-02-28T09:30:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paragoninstitute.org\/?post_type=newsletter&p=5241"},"modified":"2024-03-05T09:39:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T14:39:44","slug":"medicare-advantage-association-health-plans-and-medicaid-redeterminations","status":"publish","type":"newsletter","link":"https:\/\/paragoninstitute.org\/newsletter\/medicare-advantage-association-health-plans-and-medicaid-redeterminations\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Advantage, Association Health Plans, and Medicaid Redeterminations"},"content":{"rendered":"
Paragon has much to share this week. Fortunately, they\u2019ve added an extra day to February just to fit it all in. We have op-eds on Medicare Advantage and Medicaid redeterminations, a public comment about association health plans, the weekly Paragon Pic, and we\u2019re hosting a virtual event on Medicare Advantage next week.<\/p>\n
Today, Paragon\u2019s senior policy analyst Joe Albanese has\u00a0an op-ed in the\u00a0Washington Examiner<\/em><\/a>\u00a0summarizing the key issues and recommendations from\u00a0his recent\u00a0Paragon report<\/a>.<\/p>\n Joe\u2019s op-ed argues that the growth of MA into\u00a0the most popular form of Medicare coverage<\/a>\u00a0presents a unique opportunity for policymakers:<\/p>\n Patient choice is transforming the entire Medicare program in a way that bureaucrats have been unable to do.<\/p>\n But there are opportunities to improve MA that will allow it to drive even more innovation for more people. To do that, it is necessary to address concerns that overall MA spending is higher than FFS despite MA\u2019s success in lowering health care expenses. This will require refinements to MA\u2019s structure and overdue reforms to FFS.<\/p>\n Joe concludes the op-ed with the recent lesson of the Part D drug program to show why MA\u2019s supporters should not simply be content with the status quo.<\/p>\n Read the full op-ed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n On Thursday, March 7 at 1pm EST, Paragon will host a virtual discussion of MA and Paragon\u2019s new paper. The discussion will feature Paragon’s Demetrios Kouzoukas and Joe Albanese, Loren Adler of the Brookings Institution, Josh Gordon of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and Chris Pope of the Manhattan Institute. Register for the event here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s Paragon Pic, featured below, shows that MA plan bids are typically well below both FFS costs and benchmarks\u2014demonstrating that the vast majority of plans can deliver core Medicare benefits at significantly lower cost than FFS.\u00a0Find a full analysis of today\u2019s pic here<\/a>, which shows the statutory benchmark as a percentage of FFS spending by quartile with the 75th percentile MA bid in those areas.<\/p>\n\n
Paragon Event on MA Next Week<\/h2>\n
MA Plans Typically Cover Benefits Below Traditional Medicare Costs<\/h2>\n