Table 3. Group Enrollment in Medicare+Choice (M+C) Contract, by Level of Total Enrollment: 2001 and 2002.
- Smaller contracts are less likely to have groups, but those that do have group enrollment are likely to be more dependent on those groups.
- Only three of the six M+C organizations with less than 1,000 enrollees offer group coverage, but group enrollment for these plans represents 38 percent of total enrollment.
- In contrast, all of the eight M+C organizations with more than 100,000 enrollees offer group coverage. For these plans, group enrollment represents only 25.8 percent of total enrollment.
| Total 2002 Enrollment | Number of Insurers with Group Enrollment | Insurers with Group Enrollment | Level of Group Enrollment1 | Average Group Penetration Per Contract1 | ||
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| All Contracts | 108 | 75.0 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 17.8 | 16.7 |
| Less than 1,000 | 3 | 50.0 | 63.1 | 38.0 | 33.3 | 29.4 |
| 1,000 to 5,000 | 11 | 50.0 | 17.5 | 20.1 | 23.3 | 21.6 |
| 5,001 to 25,000 | 45 | 73.8 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 12.9 | 12.6 |
| 25,001 to 100,000 | 41 | 87.2 | 17.4 | 16.8 | 19.2 | 17.7 |
| More than 100,000 | 8 | 100.0 | 25.6 | 25.8 | 24.1 | 23.3 |
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These calculations include only those contracts that offer group plans.
SOURCE: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Data from a survey of 144 Medicare+Choice insurers, 2002.