“As Medicare Advantage drives rate lower, fed-up CEOs embrace strategies that limit carriers’ influence”

“As Medicare Advantage drives rate lower, fed-up CEOs embrace strategies that limit carriers’ influence,” by Kimberly Marselas, McKnight’s LTC News


Quote:  “Medicare Advantage’s aggressive market penetration represents a major threat to skilled nursing providers, some of whom now find themselves clearing less per resident day through MA plans than they do in state Medicaid programs. A panel of nursing home and senior living executives Friday called for more oversight in the face of the continuing shift. They spoke during the 2021 Legislative and Regulatory Conference hosted by the National Association for the Support of Long Term Care.”

LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform:

See also our earlier clipping about “First they came for skilled care ….”