Home Health Care News November 17, 2021
More Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are offering in-home support services as supplemental benefits.
That’s according to a new report from Washington, D.C.-based research and advisory firm ATI Advisory. The report included interviews with health plans, providers and advocates to gauge the progress on uptake for primarily health-related benefits and Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) among MA plans.
In-home support services specifically, which are often carried out by home-based care providers, saw a boon in adoption from 2020 to 2021. Those are defined as “services to assist individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions in performing activities of daily living (ADLs) within the home.”
According to the report, that trend is likely to continue.
In 2022, 14% of all...
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