Modern Healthcare September 19, 2019
Medicare Advantage health plans are wary of investing heavily into addressing social health determinants, even though the federal government has given them the flexibility to offer related benefits, according to new research released Thursday.
In interviews with five major Medicare Advantage insurers, the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found they added few new benefits that addressed social needs in 2019.
The five insurers represent a third of the Medicare Advantage market. While the new benefit flexibility to offer supplemental benefits to chronically ill patients is a positive step, it still wasn’t enough to encourage them to provide more non-medical services.
In April, the CMS released new policies allowing MA plans to...
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