2015: Rural Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update

Chance Finegan; Fred Ullrich; Keith Mueller; Rural Health Research & Policy Centers; RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis

2015: Rural Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update

Journal article

Open access

2015: Rural Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update

Chance Finegan, Fred Ullrich, Keith Mueller, Rural Health Research & Policy Centers and RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis

Rural policy brief, (2015 9), pp.1-2

07/01/2015

PMID: 26793818

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Abstract

Key Findings. (1) Rural enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) and other prepaid plans increased by 6.8 percent between March 2014 and March 2015 to 2.1 million members, or 21.2 percent of all rural residents eligible for Medicare. This compares to a national enrollment in MA and other prepaid plans of 31.1 percent (16.7 million) of enrollees. (2) Rural enrollment in Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) plans (including point-of-service, or POS, plans), Preferred Provider Organization (PP0) plans, and other pre-paid plans (including Medicare Cost and Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly Plans) all increased by 5-13 percent. (3) Enrollment in private fee-for-service (PFFS) plans continued to decline (decreasing nationally by 15.8 percent and 12.1 percent in rural counties over the period March 2014-2015). Only eight states showed an increase in PFFS plan enrollment. Five states experienced decreases of 50 percent or more. (4) The five states with the highest percentages of rural beneficiaries enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan are Minnesota (51.8 percent), Hawaii (39.4 percent), Pennsylvania (36.2 percent), Wisconsin (35.5 percent), and New York (31.5 percent).

Rural Health

United States

Forecasting

Health Maintenance Organizations - statistics & numerical data

Health Maintenance Organizations - trends

Humans

Medicare Part C - statistics & numerical data

Medicare Part C - trends

Preferred Provider Organizations - statistics & numerical data

Preferred Provider Organizations - trends

Rural Population - statistics & numerical data

Rural Population - trends

Details

Title: Subtitle: 2015: Rural Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update
Creators: Chance Finegan
Fred Ullrich
Keith Mueller
Rural Health Research & Policy Centers
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Rural policy brief, (2015 9), pp.1-2
PMID: 26793818
eISSN: 2152-0267
Grant note: 1U1G RH07633 / PHS HHS
Language: English
Date published: 07/01/2015
Academic Unit: Health Management and Policy; Public Policy Center (Archive)
Record Identifier: 9984221639602771

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