Health Payer Intelligence November 20, 2020
Calendar year 2021 will be an explosive year for Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits and Milliman researchers say that health plans have CMS to thank.
Over the last couple of years, Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits have seen a great deal of reinterpretation that has led to their expansion and evolution, a Milliman brief commissioned by Better Medicare Alliance found.
The brief analyzed five benefits that became more broadly accessible due to CMS guidance from 2018 and 2019: adult day health services, home-based palliative care, in-home support services, caregiver support, and therapeutic massages.
“Not even a global pandemic could disrupt the positive trend of expanded supplemental benefit offerings in Medicare Advantage, as plans find new ways to care for the whole person...