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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 (4)

Report on comparing quality among Medicare Advantage plans and between Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service Medicare (4)

March 1, 2010

The Secretary should collect and report the same survey-based data that are collected in Medicare Advantage through the Health Outcomes Survey for the Medicare fee-for-service population, unless the Secretary determines that such data cannot meaningfully differentiate quality among Medicare Advantage plans and between fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage.

Appeared in: March 2010 - Chapter 6

Topics: Part C (Medicare Advantage) and Quality.