2021 Outlook: COVID Will Have Lasting Impact on MAO Investment Targets

January 7

With a new administration that will be focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and improving health care coverage, industry experts do not anticipate major changes to the Medicare Advantage program, although many agree the pandemic will leave a lasting impact on the industry. And as President-elect Joe Biden looks to expand coverage, MA will likely be held up as a “successful example of a public-private mechanism to take Medicare eligibility to age 60,” predicts Wunderman Thompson Health’s Lindsay Resnick.

For AIS Health’s annual roundup of predictions about the year ahead for MA organizations, numerous experts weigh in on how doing business in 2021 might look different than in previous years.

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Radar on Medicare Advantage

Lauren Flynn Kelly Managing Editor, Radar on Medicare Advantage

Lauren has been covering health business issues since the early 2000s and specializes in in-depth reporting on Medicare Advantage, managed Medicaid and Medicare Part D. She also possesses a deep understanding of the complex world of pharmacy benefit management, having written AIS Health’s Radar on Drug Benefits from 2004 to 2005 and again from 2011 to 2016. In addition to her role as managing editor of Radar on Medicare Advantage, she oversees AIS Health’s publications and manages the health editorial staff. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in English.

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