Home Health Care News April 7, 2019
Home care providers slow to chase Medicare Advantage business opportunities may now be motivated to speed up their pursuits.
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it was broadening the range of supplemental benefits Medicare Advantage (MA) plans can offer in 2020. Starting next year, health care policymakers will allow MA plans to cover any benefits that “have a reasonable expectation of improving or maintaining the health or overall function” of beneficiaries with chronic conditions.
While the language is brief, its implications are enormous, CareLinx President and CEO Sherwin Sheik told Home Health Care News. Burlingame, California-based CareLinx is a nationwide online care platform with more than 300,000 caregivers in its network.
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