Home Health Care News October 2, 2019
Robert Holly

Anthem Inc. (NYSE: ANTM) and a number of its affiliated health plans were among the relatively few Medicare Advantage (MA) entities to actually offer home care-related supplemental benefits for the 2019 plan year.

The Indianapolis-based Anthem was one of the first major insurers to publicly promote that fact as well, highlighting its expanded benefits packages — which included personal home helper, food delivery and transportation services — during an October 2018 Home Health Care News interview.

It’s now doubling down on its commitment to home care and other services that revolve around whole-person wellness for the 2020 plan year, Anthem announced Tuesday.

“What we filed in June 2018 for the 2019 year was an … approach to innovative...

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