LeadingAge Slams MA Plans For Impeding Post-Acute Care, Urges CMS Action

LeadingAge on Thursday (March 16) slammed Medicare Advantage plans for what it called “the critical and growing failures of Medicare Advantage (MA) to provide equitable access to needed post-acute services” and recommended steps CMS and Congress could take to rectify issues with reimbursement and contracting. Leading Age notes that Medicare Advantage plans have come under fire in recent months from Congress and the Office of Inspector General, pointing to issues raised with deceptive marketing tactics and high rates of prior...