Medicare

In the last post of the Accordion APIs How-To series, we covered how you can update your account information, and request and use JWTs to access our predictive APIs.

In this article, we estimate the dollar impact of improving one star rating measure in the MA Star Rating system. Based on the CMS advance notice [1], if an MA plan scores 4 stars and above, the plan can receive 5% Quality Bonus Payments (QBP). Below 3.5 stars, plans…

From our previous posts, you may remember that the star rating system is quite similar to how we calculated our GPAs (the average of your letter grades). For example, you may have gotten A’s for math courses, but B’s for liberal arts courses…

Chances are if you work in the healthcare industry, you’ve heard about the Medicare star ratings. If you haven’t, it’s not too late. Every year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) collects data from Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Each different quality and…