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MA Plan Penetration Affects Even Non-MA Patient Utilization
Published on Fri May 12, 2023
The rise of Medicare Advantage plans isn’t just affecting your agency — it’s suppressing utilization of post-acute services overall, a recent study says. A study led by Harvard University’s Fangli Geng found that “market-level MA expansion is associated with reduced postacute care use among traditional Medicare beneficiaries — a ‘spillover’ effect of providers modifying their practice patterns in response to [...]