Healthcare Finance News February 15, 2021
The most widely offered benefits include vision, hearing, fitness and dental care.
A new data brief, examining offerings of both traditional supplemental benefits and Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) in Medicare Advantage from 2020 to 2021, shows that the number of health plans offering supplemental benefits is growing.
The brief, prepared by the actuarial consulting firm Milliman in conjunction with the advocacy group Better Medicare Alliance, found that over the last year, the number of health plans offering supplemental benefits grew in 36 out of 41 categories measured, including 15 out of 17 traditional supplemental benefit categories, four out of five expanded supplemental benefit categories, and 17 out of 19 SSBCI categories.
Benefits that are most...