CMS Releases Star Ratings For MA, Rx Plans; Enrollment Up In High-Performance Plans

CMS on Friday (Oct 10) released 2015 star ratings for Medicare Advantage and stand-alone drug plans and published plan ratings on Medicare Plan Finder to help seniors choose plans. About 60 percent of beneficiaries who choose Medicare Advantage enrolled in high-performance plans for 2015, CMS says, and 53 percent of Part D benficiaries enrolled in stand-alone prescription drug plans with at least a four-star rating on a five-star scale. In 2009, just 17 percent of Medicare Advantage enrollees and 16...