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Quality Regulation? Access To High-Quality Specialists For Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries In California, Simon F. Haeder
Quality Regulation? Access To High-Quality Specialists For Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries In California, Simon F. Haeder
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Medicare Advantage enrollment has seen tremendous growth over the past decade. However, we know comparatively little about the experience of beneficiaries in the program. Our knowledge of Medicare Advantage provider networks is particularly limited. This article is one of the first major assessments of the issue. It seeks to answer 3 important questions. First, are Medicare Advantage plan networks made up of higher quality providers? Second, how significant are the network restrictions imposed by Medicare Advantage plans with regard to access to higher quality providers? And finally, how much provider choice are Medicare Advantage beneficiaries left with? To assess these …