WHITE PAPER
Harvard-Inovalon Medicare Study: Quality Outcomes Under Medicare Advantage vs. Medicare Fee-for-Service
Executive Summary
Medicare Advantage (MA) now serves over half of Medicare beneficiaries – yet questions remain about how quality of care under MA compares to traditional Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS).
In this white paper, Harvard and Inovalon analyze a nationally representative cohort using linked pre- and post-Medicare data. By accounting for differences in patients’ clinical, demographic, and social risk factors before enrollment, the study isolates the true effect of MA versus FFS on key quality outcomes.
Explore the methodology and uncover early findings in the first installment of this three-part research series.
