Medicare Advantage plans face pressure to be profitable, so carriers are shifting their focus to quality.
“The entire MA ecosystem is for the benefit of seniors and we must remember that,” said Steve Kaplan, chief legal, compliance and privacy officer at HealthPlanOne. Kaplan gave his view of the MA environment during the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors’ recent Medicare Collective Impact Day.
“The carriers’ part of the ecosystem is being pinched, and that is part of the pain we are feeling as brokers,” he said. ARTICLE