2027 Medicare Advantage Final Payment Rule: Key Changes Explained | David Meyers

About this episode

David Meyers joins Jeff Byers to discuss the key changes in the 2027 Medicare Advantage final payment rule.

On an emergency pod episode, Health Affairs Publishing’s Jeff Byers welcomes Brown University 's David Meyers to the pod to unpack the 2027 Medicare Advantage final payment rule, including the higher-than-anticipated rate increase, changes to risk adjustment models, what is V28, and the tradeoffs between market stability and long-term program sustainability. On April 20th , join us for our upcoming Insider exclusive event exploring the evolution of the Medicare Advantage market featuring Sachin Jain , David Meyers , and Grace Mackleby . Related Links: Assessing Recent Regulatory Action On Medicare Advantage ( Health Affairs Forefront )

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Byers

Guest: David Meyers

Topics covered

• Medicare Advantage
• health policy
• payment rule
• risk adjustment
• market stability
• program sustainability

Keywords

• Medicare Advantage
• payment rule
• risk adjustment models
• market stability
• health policy

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Organizations: Brown University, Health Affairs

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