In this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with a coauthor of an article in June’s Health Affairs examining the racial and ethnic composition of beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage plans and the potential implications as the program continues to grow.
Medicare Advantage enrollment now represents more than a third of all Medicare beneficiaries and the growth of these private plans is expected to include nearly half of all older adults by 2029.
In this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with David Meyers, PhD, an assistant professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health.
In an article in this month’s Health Affairs, Meyers and his coauthors looked at who is joining these plans and what the implications are. One of the findings showed that between 2009 to 2018, the largest increases in Medicare Advantage enrollment were concentrated among those who are Black, dual eligible, and who live in areas with high concentrations of socioeconomic disadvantage.
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The government is allowing Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to delay returning hundreds of millions of dollars or more in government overpayments; a proposed new extension of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) might make birth control coverage more accessible for certain private insurance plans; a study found that students lost around 33% of their school year because of the pandemic’s educational barriers and are struggling to regain that lost time.
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Promoting Health Equity and Resiliency in Trauma-Affected Communities
January 31st 2023On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Reverend Paul Abernathy, CEO of the Neighborhood Resilience Project and board member of UPMC for You, who discusses his experiences in promoting health and resiliency in trauma-affected communities, as well as challenges related to access and accessibility of care and medical mistrust.
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First Humira Biosimilar, Amjevita, Launches in the United States
January 31st 2023The first of at least 8 adalimumab biosimilars has finally launched in the United States after being kept off the market for years due to settlement agreements with the maker of the reference product, Humira.
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Examining Telehealth Uptake to Increase Equitable Care Access
January 26th 2023To mark the publication of The American Journal of Managed Care®’s 12th annual health IT issue, on this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Christopher M. Whaley, PhD, health care economist at the RAND Corporation, who focuses on health economics issues, including the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care delivery.
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IRA Insulin Cap Could Have Saved Medicare Beneficiaries Millions in 2020
January 30th 2023An HHS report said that if the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) had been implemented in 2020, Medicare Part D beneficiaries could have saved a total of $734 million, averaging out to about $500 per member.
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