… models for CMS to adjust payments to Medicare Advantage plans. Joseph P. Newhouse
is a director of and holds equity in Aetna, which sells Medicare Advantage plans; he is also a …

… while enrolled in Medicare Advantage reported lower quality of care in the last month of
life compared with family and friends of those who died while enrolled in traditional Medicare. …

… With half of Medicare beneficiaries now choosing Medicare Advantage (MA), the managed
care alternative, we must understand how MA incentives may promote differences in EOL …

… In order to model the opportunity for Medicare Advantage plans and MSSP ACOs through
… recent Medicare EOL expenditures by type of service, using the most recent Medicare LDS …

… a We estimated the effects of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment on end-of-life care using
an instrumental variable (IV) approach. We exploited a discontinuity in the rules governing …

… and friends of patients enrolled in traditional Medicare. The hospice carve-in … of Medicare
Advantage plans at the end of life, potentially including them in the same Medicare Advantage …

… utilization patterns for Medicare beneficiaries at the end of life (EOL). … Medicare owing to
the lack of cost and utilization data for the 30% of Medicare beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage …

… Hospice use among traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Accountable … Medicare
Advantage plan, attributed to an Accountable Care Organization, and in traditional Medicare …

… transitions at the end of life involves careful care management. Some would argue that the
Medicare Advantage program would be better suited to this role than traditional Medicare. …

… Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare status was determined from insurance
enrollment in the last month of life. Community is defined as the site of care prior to hospice …