CMS Boosts 2027 Medicare Advantage Payments

A sign in front of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services building in Woodlawn, Md., on March 19, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty ImagesThe federal government will increase payments to private Medicare insurers by 2.48 percent in 2027, far more than it initially proposed.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said on April 6 that the finalized rate will translate into more than $13 billion in additional payments to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans next year. In January, the agency had proposed a much smaller average increase of 0.09 percent, or about $700 million.