Representatives Blumenauer, Black Send Letter to CMS on Socioeconomic Status and Risk-Adjustment in Medicare Advantage

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—November 18, 2014. Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03) and Diane Black (R-TN-06) and a bipartisan group of 32 of their House colleagues wrote to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator, Marilyn Tavenner, asking for appropriate adjustments to the Medicare Advantage risk-adjustment system and the star rating and quality bonus program for Medicare’s most vulnerable population.  The text of their letter is below, or for a digital copy, click here.