Medicare disadvantage: The CMS' latest attempt to replicate the popularity of Medicare Advantage, but without using private insurers, appears to have missed the mark.

The article looks at the potentials of an alternative payment system called Direct Contracting Model which was introduced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the U.S. as of April 2020. Topics discussed include comparison to Medicare Advantage, a health insurance plan that provides benefits via a private-sector health insurer, its objective to reduce expenditures and enhance quality of care for beneficiaries, and the implications for cost and the quality of care.