What is this ? Call from Medicare Advantage plan after office visit ? Anyone else have this ?

Insurance Plans (ALL of them) are now making "contracts" with the doctors -- "When you do this to a patient, we will pay you this much money. and no more." It is a LOT of money, so the insurance companies want to know that they are dealing with really good doctors.

So YOUR name was chosen AT RANDOM, and they want to know how good YOU think the doctor is. He m,ay be the best trained doctor ever, but if he is not friendly and nice -- they insurance company does not want a contract with him.

if enough people tell them that "this doctor sucks rotten eggs!", they will no longer make a contract with him, and he will go out of businerss.

You should be glad the government is asking for people's opinions on Advantage plan providers so they can decide whether a plan is good enough to have a contract with Medicare. In your Medicare and You book Advantage plans are rated for customer satisfaction from 1 to 5 stars. Thats how people choose them.

Some companies do follow-up surveys as to care so they can see how well the doctors are responding to those on medicare for performing necessary treatment because some Drs. don't treat all patients the same.

I work for a Medicare HMO. We often follow up with members to ensure they are happy with a doctor. Often, seniors will not want to make trouble for their doctors even if they are very unhappy. You can always refuse and even ask not to be called back.