CMS Encourages Some MA Beneficiaries to Re-Evaluate Options

CMS has sent letters to beneficiaries of 26 poorly performing Medicare Advantage (MA) plans encouraging them to re-evaluate their options. This is a result of the agency's increased focus on quality ratings.

The letters, which were sent over the course of the past week, address the beneficiaries by name and alert them that their plans have been listed as "poor" or "below average" as a result of earning fewer than three stars under Medicare's five-star rating system for three years running.

Back in October, the agency forbade one of the low-performing MA plans from enrolling new members. Similar actions for other low-rated plans are expected.

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