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Advising the Congress on Medicare issues
MedPAC > Recommendations > Report on comparing quality among Medicare Advantage plans and between Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service Medicare (2)

Report on comparing quality among Medicare Advantage plans and between Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service Medicare (2)

March 1, 2010

The Secretary should collect, calculate, and report quality measurement results in Medicare Advantage at the level of the geographic units the Commission has recommended for Medicare Advantage payments, and calculate fee-for-service quality results for purposes of comparing Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service using the same geographic units.

Appeared in: March 2010 - Chapter 6

Topics: Part C (Medicare Advantage) and Quality.