An illustrative analysis of Medicare Options Compare: what's there and what's not An illustrative analysis of Medicare Options Compare: what's there and what's not

Collection: Health Policy and Services Research Series Title(s): Insight on the issues (AARP Public Policy Institute) Contributor(s): Gold, Marsha. AARP (Organization) Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization)) Publication: Washington, D.C. : AARP Public Policy Institute, c2009 Language(s): English Format: Text Subject(s): Choice Behavior Internet Managed Care Programs -- economics Medicare -- economics United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.) Genre(s): Technical Report Abstract: This Insight on the Issues assesses Medicare Options Compare, a Web site maintained by the Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to help beneficiaries choose among available Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The findings show that the site helps beneficiaries identify the health plan choices specifically available in their zip code, and provides them with an extensive amount of information on these choices. But beneficiaries also could likely have trouble interpreting or be misled by some of the information. Though the site limitations partly reflect the complexity of the Program, CMS could enhance the usefulness of the site by restructuring some of the information to better support beneficiary choice. Copyright: Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information) Extent: 16 p. Illustrations: Illustrations NLM Unique ID: 101504979 (See catalog record) Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101504979