Medicare Advantage enrollment has been increasing since the early 2000s both in aggregate as well as a percentage of the total Medicare population going from around six million MA enrollees (15% of all Medicare) to exceeding 19 million MA enrollees (33% of all Medicare) in 2017 and now to over 22 million as of January 2019. With the booming growth in Medicare, more and more organizations are considering the opportunities of starting a Medicare contract.
The purpose of this whitepaper is to provide prospective organizations with some insight into the general process and information about the application as they embark on starting a Medicare contract.