MedPAC Parses MA Quality Opacity Amid Program Overhaul Rumblings

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission members are raising concerns that collecting an accurate portrait of quality in the Medicare Advantage (MA) program may be hampering progress on improving care for enrollees while protecting Medicare dollars and ensuring providers are adequately compensated. One commissioner suggested scrapping efforts because study criteria were too broad to be reconciled. MedPAC commissioners listed the lack of meaningful quality information available to beneficiaries when choosing plans as one of several reasons to overhaul MA in their annual...