Telemedicine in Medicare Advantage

Telemedicine is offering new and potentially transformative options for the delivery of health care. Medicare Advantage is well suited to use these innovations to enhance patient access, reduce costs, and improve health for beneficiaries.

Key Facts

Telemedicine is a set of health care services delivered through a range of online, video, and telephone communications between patients and their care providers.
Evidence indicates that certain telemedicine services enhance access to care, improve quality and reduce costs for chronically ill beneficiaries.
Medicare Advantage plans are limited to offering basic telemedicine services, use rebates, or charge beneficiaries for this innovative care.
CMS should enable Medicare Advantage plans to offer additional telemedicine services in their supplemental benefits.

Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: Health Risk Assessments in Medicare Advantage June 20, 2022

HRAs are a part of Medicare Advantage’s care coordination model; allowing Medicare Advantage plans to collect information on beneficiaries’ health statuses and other related factors to address gaps in care and social risk factors. There…

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Fact Sheet

Infographic Fact Sheet: Medicare Advantage Outperforms Fee-for-Service Medicare on Cost Protections for Low-Income and Diverse Populations May 16, 2022

This fact sheet details key findings from our recent data brief with ATI Advisory, which finds that Medicare Advantage beneficiaries report $1,965 less in total annual health spending (out-of-pocket costs and premiums) than those in fee-for-service…

Advocacy

Beneficiary Choice

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Issue Brief

Medicare Advantage Outperforms Fee-For-Service Medicare on Cost Protections for Low-Income and Diverse Populations April 19, 2022

This analysis, conducted for Better Medicare Alliance by ATI Advisory, finds that Medicare Advantage beneficiaries report $1,965 less in total annual health spending (out-of-pocket costs and premiums) than those in fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare. The study…

Beneficiary Choice

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Value Based Care