MedPAC: Overhaul inflated MA star ratings to save $6 billion annually

Modern Healthcare: The influential Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is pointing to what its staff sees as major flaws in the Medicare Advantage star-rating system as it calls for a complete overhaul of the program in an attempt to cut $6 billion annually in excess spending.

MedPAC proposed that the current MA star-ratings system, called the quality bonus program, be replaced with another dubbed the value incentive program, according to its annual 473-page June report to Congress.

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