Humana Touts Impact of Senior-Focused Primary Care as MA Market Exits Loom

  • Sep 19, 2024

    Senior-focused primary care organizations can enhance access to care for Medicare Advantage members, particularly among historically underserved groups, according to a new study of Humana plans that was conducted by the insurer’s research arm. The research, which was published in Health Affairs and co-authored with Harvard researcher J. Michael McWilliams, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the potential of population-based payment models to drive equity in health care delivery. Additionally, this research comes as Humana and other large insurers plan strategic exits from the MA market after experiencing sustained medical cost pressure in public sector insurance. Read more
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  • Carina Belles

    Carina has been covering public-sector health care since 2018. As a data reporter for Radar on Medicare Advantage, she creates infographics and data stories on issues impacting Medicare, Medicaid and Part D. She also develops AIS Health Daily, a free daily newsletter that showcases AIS’s strong reporting across our four publications and parent company Norstella’s suite of market access and data solutions. Prior to joining the editorial team, she managed Medicare and Medicaid data for the Directory of Health Plans, AIS’s industry-standard health coverage database. She graduated from Ohio University with a B.S. in Journalism.

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