Report
Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2022
Rural Policy Brief, 2023-3, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
01/2023
Abstract
Enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans continued to increase between 2021 and 2022. As of March 2022, approximately 29 million Medicare beneficiaries (46 percent of all beneficiaries) were enrolled in MA plans. A total of 3,834 MA plans nationwide are available to Medicare beneficiaries representing an 8 percent increase from 2021. An average of 39 plans are accessible to each beneficiary. Supplemental benefits such as dental, vision, and/or hearing services, no or low monthly payments, and annual out-of-pocket limits make MA plans more attractive than traditional Medicare. Aggregate enrollment in MA special needs plans (SNPs) more than doubled from 2.3 million in 2017 to 4.8 million as of June 2022. The characteristics of enrollees in MA plans are shared with those in traditional Medicare plans only when people in SNPs are excluded from analysis, and most studies exclude those in SNP. When SNP enrollees are included, MA enrollees are more likely to be Black or Hispanic and to have at least one chronic condition. Studies evaluating racial and ethnic disparities in MA program quality metrics have shown mixed results, with some showing better performance by MA plans (in mammography rates, preventable admissions) and others lower performance in readmission rates and immunization for influenza. Increases in the number of plan options, increased enrollment, and new firm market entry continue to signal growth for MA programs.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2022
- Creators
- Edmer LazaroFred UllrichKeith Mueller
- Resource Type
- Report
- Publisher
- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis; Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Series
- Rural Policy Brief; 2023-3
- Number of pages
- 6 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2023
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984388648102771
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