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Risk Adjustment in the Medicare Advantage Population Using Encounter Data.

Key takeaways

This study looked at how health plans pay for care for older adults. It used data from Medicare Advantage plans to check if payments match the real cost of care. The goal was to make sure sicker people get the right amount of funding. This is an observational analysis of health records.

Who did this work

Carlin CS (Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.) · Feldman R (Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.) · Jung J (Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.)

Source

Article · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-10-01
https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.70165