HealthLeaders Media August 25, 2022
These unique Medicare Advantage (MA) services align with equity, outcome, and value-based objectives. Can they unlock all three?
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Since 2019, CMS has allowed MA plans to offer nonmedical supplemental benefits to address social risks.
– Uptake by plans and enrollees has steadily increased, but next-level investment will take more outcomes data.
– CMS’ recent MA request for information (RFI) asks for this data in hopes that supplemental benefits can target multiple objectives simultaneously.
A skeleton key is designed to fit multiple locks. In the case of MA, one such key is expanded supplemental benefits, non-medical services that—per CMS’ definition—”diagnose, prevent, or treat an illness or injury, compensate for physical impairments, act to ameliorate the functional/psychological impact of...