Physician Network Breadth and Plan Quality Ratings in Medicare Advantage

Aditi P Sen; Mark K Meiselbach; Kelly E Anderson; Brian J Miller; Daniel Polsky

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.1816

Physician Network Breadth and Plan Quality Ratings in Medicare Advantage

JAMA Health Forum. 2021 Jul 30;2(7):e211816. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.1816. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Authors

Aditi P Sen^{1

2}, Mark K Meiselbach¹, Kelly E Anderson¹, Brian J Miller^{2

3

4}, Daniel Polsky^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Hopkins Business of Health Initiative, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the extent of narrow networks across Medicare Advantage, types of counties where they are common, enrollment in narrow network plans, and how networks are associated with star ratings.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Medicare Part C*
Physicians*
United States

Grants and funding

T32 HS000029/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States