Medicare Advantage, a controversial health care program, is in the spotlight due to new data revealing overpayments and criticism of its quality rating system. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed these findings, leading to conclusions that the federal government overpays Medicare Advantage insurers because they attract healthier, low-cost individuals and then code their health conditions excessively. This results in taxpayer drainage. The quality rating system is also criticized for not being a good basis for judging quality, leading to further overpayments to insurers. Medicare Advantage is expected to cost taxpayers $507 billion this year.
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Medicare Advantage overpayments discussion gets experts fired up
