Anthem and other Blue MA Plans are worse than traditional Medicare in use of Low Value Services
In the November 1, 2024 issue of JAMA, Ciara Duggan and others from Harvard and Brigham published a paper evaluating the utilization of “low value services” across major Medicare Advantage insurers and Traditional Medicare. Low value services utilization was defined based on the Choosing Wisely campaign and the US Preventive Task Force, and incorporated in