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Cherry-Picking Profitable Patients: New Research Identifies Unintended Consequences for Some Medicare Patients

  • 1.  Cherry-Picking Profitable Patients: New Research Identifies Unintended Consequences for Some Medicare Patients

    Posted 01-04-2023 11:37

    BALTIMORE, MD, January 4, 2023 – New research in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management finds that Medicare Advantage (MA), the largest healthcare capitation program in the U.S., unintentionally incentivizes health plans to cherry-pick profitable patients from traditional Medicare (TM). "Capitation" is the annual fee paid to a healthcare practice by each participant in a health plan. 

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    Ashley Smith
    Public Relations Specialist
    INFORMS
    Catonsville MD
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