Thursday, October 29, 2009

Managed Care Matters - How Bad Is Medicare?

A Medicare card, with several areas of the car...Image via Wikipedia

by Joseph Paduda

Depends on who you ask. If you ask group practice administrators about how Medicare compares to the private insurance industry, it is pretty darn good - in several categories, Medicare Part B is rated higher than any other large payer.

That's partly due to the lousy performance of some of the private insurers, but administrators actually rate Medicare's responsiveness, transparency, prompt payment, and overall administrative functions highly.

Yes, you read that correctly.
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