This report explores the growth of Medicare Advantage (MA) in 2006 concurrent with the introduction of the new drug benefit. Based on analysis of publicly available 39;47 data, the authors find that the widely heralded expansion in MA masks important differences in the rate of growth by area of...

This technical assistance brief from the Integrated Care Resource Center (ICRC) provides basic information on the Medicare program, the services it covers, and the process used to set rates.

Based on interviews with senior executives at 14 large firms, this issue brief finds that insurers anticipate continuing to offer Medicare Advantage plans in 2012, in part because of a Medicare demonstration project that awards bonus payments to plans based on their quality standards.