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UnitedHealthcare, Humana Nab Half of $11.8B in 2024 Quality Bonus Payments

  • Oct 03

    Oct 03, 2024

    Medicare Advantage plans are set to receive at least $11.8 billion in quality bonus payments in 2024, according to a recent analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). This figure represents an 8% decline from the $12.8 billion awarded in 2023, a reduction that was not surprising given the expiration of pandemic-era policies that temporarily boosted Star Ratings for some plans. But with rising cut points and looming program changes such as the Health Equity Index (HEI) replacing the current reward factor, payers may struggle to improve their Star Ratings — and thus boost bonus payments — moving forward. 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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