Analysis of Medicare Advantage HMOs compared with traditional Medicare shows lower use of many services during 2003–09
BE Landon, AM Zaslavsky, RC Saunders… - Health …, 2012 - healthaffairs.org
Enrollment in Medicare Advantage, the managed care program for Medicare beneficiaries,
has grown rapidly, from 4.6 million enrollees in 2003 to 12.8 million by 2012, or 27 percent
of all current Medicare beneficiaries. We analyzed utilization patterns of enrollees in
Medicare Advantage health maintenance organization (HMO) plans compared to matched
samples of people in traditional Medicare during 2003–09, to ascertain whether the HMO
enrollees demonstrated different levels of use of services, which can be a hallmark of more …
has grown rapidly, from 4.6 million enrollees in 2003 to 12.8 million by 2012, or 27 percent
of all current Medicare beneficiaries. We analyzed utilization patterns of enrollees in
Medicare Advantage health maintenance organization (HMO) plans compared to matched
samples of people in traditional Medicare during 2003–09, to ascertain whether the HMO
enrollees demonstrated different levels of use of services, which can be a hallmark of more …
