Medicare Advantage plans to gain $13 billion under Trump changes to star ratings

Medicare Advantage plans to gain $13 billion under Trump changes to star ratings

Medicare Advantage insurers scored a Thanksgiving gift, as President Trump’s Medicare agency added back a bonus system that rewards health plans with consistently high marks. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also is proposing to eliminate a dozen star ratings measures that it deemed too administrative. Notably, one of those star ratings measures focuses on the performance of an insurance company’s call centers — the exact metric th…