title: The new Medicare Advantage a disadvantage for providers?
abstract: The Medicare Advantage program, a provision of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, encourages providers to think about dealing with Medicare Advantage plans the way they now deal with commercial payers. Consequently, the Medicare Advantage program could either benefit or harm providers.
authors.affiliation: pkohare@ober.com
authors.forename: Patrick K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: O'Hare
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017008:Negotiating; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States