Biden HHS Seeks Input on Improving Medicare Managed Care Plans

The Biden administration wants to hear from the public about how to increase transparency and improve the data capabilities of Medicare managed care plans.

These private Medicare Advantage plans now cover more than half of eligible beneficiaries and are projected to receive more than $7 trillion in federal funding over the next decade, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Thursday.

In a request for information issued Thursday, the CMS is seeking information on all aspects of the Medicare Advantage program, “including access to care, prior authorization, provider directories, and networks; supplemental benefits; marketing; care quality and outcomes; value-based ...