Medicare Advantage : characteristics, financial risks, and disenrollment rates of beneficiaries in private fee-for-service plans : report to congressional requesters.

This report compares [private fee-for-service] PFFS plans to other [Medicare Advantage] MA plans and Medicare [fee-for-service] FFS in three areas: (1) characteristics of beneficiaries, (2) financial risks for beneficiaries who do not contact their plans before receiving services, and (3) disenrollm...

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Corporate Author: United States. Government Accountability Office
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008]
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Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS112366
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Summary:This report compares [private fee-for-service] PFFS plans to other [Medicare Advantage] MA plans and Medicare [fee-for-service] FFS in three areas: (1) characteristics of beneficiaries, (2) financial risks for beneficiaries who do not contact their plans before receiving services, and (3) disenrollment rates.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed on May 7, 2009).
"December 2008."
"GAO-09-25."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:ii, 39 pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:Mode of access: Internet from GAO web site. Address as of 5/7/09: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0925.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.