BETTER RANKINGS: Shayla Durfey, third-year medical student at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, is a co-author of a study that finds that federal rankings for cost-saving Medicare Advantage Plans improve when adjusted for race, neighborhood poverty and social risk. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO
Federal rankings for cost-saving Medicare Advantage Plans improve when adjusted for race, neighborhood poverty and social risk, increasing reimbursement rates for companies offering them, which can improve their availability to people with low incomes, a recent study by two Brown University researchers shows. Without such adjustments, Medicare Advantage Plan rankings may not accurately reflect the…
