An Electronic Briefing Book

Tab 5
Medicare Advantage: An Overview of Part C

[Speakers]

James Cosgrove, PhD, Acting Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office
"Medicare Advantage: Program Overview and Recent Experiences" (PDF of PowerPoint Presentation)

Sarah S. Thomas, Deputy Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
"Overview of the Medicare Advantage program" (PDF of PowerPoint Presentation)

[Session Chairs]

Debbie Curtis, Chief of Staff, Office of Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA)

Colette Desmarais, Health Policy Advisor (R), Senate Committee on Finance

[Briefing Materials]

• "Medicare Advantage SNPs: A New Opportunity for Integrated Care?"
  Christie Provost Peters, National Health Policy Forum, Issue Brief 808, November 11, 2005; available at www.nhpf.org/pdfs_ib/IB808_SNP_11-11-05.pdf
• "Medicare Advantage Program Payment System"
  Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), paymentbasics, revised September 2006; available at www.medpac.gov/publications/
  other_reports/Sept06_MedPAC_Payment_Basics_MA.pdf
• "The Medicare Advantage program: Availability, benefits and special needs plans"
  MedPAC, chapter 9 of Report to the Congress: Increasing the Value of Medicare, June 2006; available at www.medpac.gov/
  publications%5Ccongressional_reports%5CJun06_Ch09.pdf

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