2014: Rural Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update

Leah Kemper; Abigail Barker; Timothy McBride; Keith Mueller; Rural Policy Research Institute Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis

Journal article

2014: Rural Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update

Leah Kemper, Abigail Barker, Timothy McBride, Keith Mueller and Rural Policy Research Institute Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis

Rural policy brief, (2015 1), pp.1-4

01/01/2015

PMID: 26364324

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Abstract

Key Data Findings. (1) Reclassification of rural and urban county designations (due to the switch from 2000 census data to 2010 census data) resulted in a 10 percent decline in the number of Medicare eligible Americans living in rural counties in 2014 (from roughly 10.7 million to 9.6 million). These changes also resulted in a decline in the number of MA enrollees considered to be living in a rural area, from 2.19 million to 1.95 million. However, the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in MA and prepaid plans in rural areas declined only slightly from 20.6 percent to 20.3 percent. (2) Rural Medicare Advantage (MA) and other prepaid plan enrollment in March 2014 was nearly 1.95 million, or 20.3 percent of all rural Medicare beneficiaries, an increase of more than 216,000 from March 2013. Enrollment increased to 1.99 million (20.4 percent) in October 2014. (3) In March 2014, 56 percent of rural MA enrollees were enrolled in Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plans, 29 percent were enrolled in Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) or Point-of-Service (POS) plans, 7 percent were enrolled in Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans, and 8 percent were enrolled in other prepaid plans, including Cost plans and Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) plans. (4) States with the highest percentage of rural Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in MA and other prepaid plans include Minnesota (49.1 percent), Hawaii (41.1 percent), Pennsylvania (35.4 percent), Wisconsin (34.3 percent), New York (30.4 percent), and Ohio (30.1 percent).

United States

Eligibility Determination

Fee-for-Service Plans - statistics & numerical data

Forecasting

Health Maintenance Organizations - statistics & numerical data

Humans

Medicare Part C - statistics & numerical data

Medicare Part C - trends

Preferred Provider Organizations - statistics & numerical data

Prepaid Health Plans - statistics & numerical data

Rural Health Services - statistics & numerical data

Rural Health Services - trends

Rural Population

Details

Title: Subtitle: 2014: Rural Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update
Creators: Leah Kemper
Abigail Barker
Timothy McBride
Keith Mueller
Rural Policy Research Institute Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Rural policy brief, (2015 1), pp.1-4
PMID: 26364324
eISSN: 2152-0267
Grant note: 6U1G RH07633 / PHS HHS
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/2015
Academic Unit: Health Management and Policy; Public Policy Center (Archive)
Record Identifier: 9984221640002771

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