An update on Medicare+Choice: rural Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans through October 2000.
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Authors: Timothy D. McBride Courtney Andrews Alexei Makarkin University of Missouri-St. Louis Keith J. Mueller University of Nebraska Medical Center Since passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), enrollment in Medicare+Choice (M+C) plans in all counties increased from 5.2 million persons in September 1997 to a peak of 6.3 million persons in September 1999, then declined to 5.6 million persons by September 2001 (based on aggregate enrollment data posted on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [CMS] web site: http://www.hcfa.gov/stats/ mmcc.htm). In addition, the number of risk contracts has dropped from a peak of 347 contracts in September 1998 to 179 contracts in October 2001, in part reflecting the exit of some plans that occurred during the 1999-2001 period (to be discussed later). Data1 in this Brief describe: (1) enrollment in rural counties through September 2001, the most recent countyspecific data available,2 and (2) plan entry and exit through January 2002.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Rural policy brief
دوره 6 7(PB2001-7) شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001