Modern Healthcare October 4, 2019
Medicare Advantage plans this year were slow to take advantage of new flexibility to offer different kinds of supplemental benefits, but some are making up for lost time.
This week, several health plans advertised benefits for seniors that go well beyond the traditional gym membership or prescription eyeglasses. In 2020, some Advantage plans will be paying for seniors’ rides to the grocery store or church, a new air conditioner or and even in-home pest control. Others are reducing co-payments for medications to treat chronic conditions, such as diabetes.
Health plans are offering the extra perks in response to new flexibility from the federal government to provide benefits that help with the social and environmental factors affecting patients’ health and that...
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