Obama CMS Chief: Medicare Advantage Plans Game the System
Channel: MedPage Today
Date: 2024-03-22

For decades, Dr. Don Berwick has been a leader in health system improvement. During the Obama years, he headed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and helped implement the Affordable Care Act. As a Boston pediatrician, he worked with managed care groups because he believed they could help cut fraud and waste. 

He supported the concept because in theory, when providers have a stake in the game and they avoid unnecessary services, everyone saves money. 

But today, with managed care as it’s implemented in Medicare Advantage plans, Berwick is singing a different tune.

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