MedPAC Worries Plans With Talk Of Aligning MA, Traditional Medicare Coding Intensity

Congressional Medicare advisers worried health plans on Friday (Dec. 19) with talk of pay cuts by way of “increasing coding intensity adjustment.” Industry complained that it is misguided to align coding practices of Medicare Advantage with traditional Medicare because it would undermine the very management of patients that differentiates the MA program from fee-for-service. Commissioners did not make recommendations, but the discussion about aligning MA and traditional Medicare irritated America's Health Insurance Plans. That discussion was part of a larger...