Top Stars Performers Credit Careful Messaging, Provider Collaboration

  • Nov 03, 2022

    As CMS resumed normal Star Ratings calculations and gave greater weight to patient experience measures for 2023, the proportion of Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans earning 4 stars or higher saw a dramatic drop from 2022, according to newly released CMS data. In Part 2 of an AIS Health series on successful Star Ratings strategies, top performers say maintaining a company-wide focus on quality and member experience is critical to their approach. And while member outreach is a critical part of those initiatives, successful plans are careful to avoid overcommunicating with members and creating message fatigue, sources tell AIS Health, a division of MMIT. Read more
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  • Lauren Flynn Kelly

    Lauren has been covering health business issues since the early 2000s and specializes in in-depth reporting on Medicare Advantage, managed Medicaid and Medicare Part D. She also possesses a deep understanding of the complex world of pharmacy benefit management, having written AIS Health’s Radar on Drug Benefits from 2004 to 2005 and again from 2011 to 2016. In addition to her role as managing editor of Radar on Medicare Advantage, she oversees AIS Health’s publications and manages the health editorial staff. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in English.

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