Medicare Advantage plans to get 4.8-percent 2006 pay hike.(Medicare Private Plans)

Publication: Medicine & Health

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Medicare Advantage private health plans will get a 4.8-percent per capita payment increase for 2006, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced April 4. That's down from the 6.6-percent boost plans got for 2005 and the 10.6-percent update they received in 2004.

Next year, a new crop of MA plans--preferred provider organizations serving much larger regions, including multi-state areas--will enter Medicare in...

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