Medicare Advantage News: CMS Study Finds Higher MA Star Scores Lift Enrollment Likelihood

Just a one-star-higher rating of a Medicare Advantage plan by CMS is associated with a 9.5% increased likelihood that a new Medicare beneficiary will enroll in that plan, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). And that same one-star edge is associated with a 4.4% greater enrollment likelihood among MA enrollees switching plans, the article says…