Medicare generally operates a fee-for-service payment model, which means medical professionals and facilities send itemized bills. Learn more.

Medicare’s fiscal crisis is at bottom an ... large (indicated by dark colors on the map). Compared to the FFS map, many new areas appear among the counties with the largest change in MA payments ...

On average, Medicare Advantage members pay 45 percent less than those in Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) plans, saving approximately $2,500 in out-of-pocket costs, according to UnitedHealthcare.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes several changes to the Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) program that seek to create higher-quality and more affordable care for Medicare beneficiaries.

Black, Latino and white MA enrollees are more likely to report food insecurity than those in FFS Medicare. Latino and white beneficiaries are less likely to have graduated from high school. For ...

Across selected conditions and over time, Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in MA have fewer inpatient hospital stays than beneficiaries in fee-for-service. After an inpatient stay, MA enrollees are ...

Nursing home residents who agree to I-SNP coverage relinquish their Medicare FFS or MAP coverages. The nursing home foregoes any Part A or B FFS revenues. Residents who enroll in an I-SNP maintain ...

MA, while far from perfect, at least provides another option; privately negotiated physician payment contracts are far more flexible than the rigid Medicare FFS model. MA plans vary, of course ...

Medicare fee-for-service plans are growing in popularity, with enrollment in the plans increasing tenfold to 820,000 during the last two years, the New York Times reports. The increase comes after the ...

For dually eligible beneficiaries, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans outperform Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) plans, according to a new study from Avalere. The study compared the costs and outcomes ...

Participants in a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Medicare Advantage fee-for-service plans took turns criticizing the plans' marketing methods and cost. One committee member, Sen. Ron Wyden ...