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Overview of Medicare Advantage supplemental healthcare benefits and review of Contract Year 2023 offerings
29 March 2023 - by Catherine M. Murphy-Barron, Eric Buzby, Sean Pittinger
We examine the landscape for Medicate Advantage supplement healthcare benefits and review offerings for contract year 2023.
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Review of Contract Year 2023 Medicare Advantage expanded supplemental healthcare benefit offerings
22 November 2022 - by Catherine M. Murphy-Barron, Eric Buzby, Sean Pittinger
Medicare Advantage organizations continue to increase supplemental benefit offerings available through expanded flexibility.
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Overview of Medicare Advantage supplemental healthcare benefits and review of Contract Year 2022 offerings
21 March 2022 - by Catherine M. Murphy-Barron, Eric Buzby, Sean Pittinger
This paper examines several elements of Medicare Advantage plans that go beyond what traditional Medicare offers.
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Overview of Medicare Advantage supplemental healthcare benefits and review of Contract Year 2021 offerings
10 February 2021 - by Catherine M. Murphy-Barron, Eric Buzby, Sean Pittinger
This paper gives an overview of Medicare Advantage and the additional benefits included that go beyond traditional Medicare.
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The cost burden of blood cancer care in Medicare
16 October 2019 - by Christine Ferro, Kate Fitch, Sean Pittinger
This paper analyzes the healthcare costs incurred by Medicare beneficiaries with newly diagnosed blood cancer including acute leukemia, chronic leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and bone marrow disorders.
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Survival of Medicare fee-for-service chemotherapy patients by site of care
07 February 2018 - by Christine Ferro, Pamela M. Pelizzari, Sean Pittinger, Bruce S. Pyenson
This report compares the 36-month cancer survival rate by treatment facility type for 46,762 Medicare fee-for-service patients treated with chemotherapy under the Medicare Part B benefit for breast, colon, lung, ovarian, pancreatic, or prostate cancer.