title: Medicare Advantage increases cap payments third straight year.
abstract: Healtn plans that participate in Medicare Advantage got more good news in April when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a 4.8% increase in capitated payments. It is the third straight year CMS increased rates following the passage of the 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act, fueling a resurgence in Medicare risk contracting.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002204:Capitation Fee / Q000639:trends*; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D005544:Forecasting; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D020398:Medicare Part C / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States