Table 2.

Average Annual Change in Monthly Medicare Advantage Payment Rates (U.S.$2005) by County Payment Rate Category and Proportion of Counties Receiving Each Rate Type

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Blend	7.67 (9.5%)				19.3 (1.9%)
Floor		57.39 (71.2%)	−0.46 (39.3%)		26.35 (44.4%)
Minimum update	−17.2 (90.5)	−12.04 (28.8%)	−21.61 (60.7%)	−11.03 (100%)	16.6 (13.0%)	14.3 (61.3%)
100% FFS					86.9 (40.7%)	23.2 (38.7%)

Notes. Average increase in monthly per-enrollee payment rates. Proportion of study counties receiving each rate category in parentheses. 398 county-year observations from 74 counties in Arizona, Florida, and New York, 1999–2005 with at least 10,000 Medicare beneficiaries and 3% MA penetration.

FFS, Fee-for-Service.