Home Health Care News July 7, 2020
Bailey Bryant

The coronavirus could be the match that finally sparks the Medicare Advantage (MA) boom for home care.

The explosion has been a long time coming. It all started when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first expanded the scope of MA supplemental benefits in April 2018.

The move opened the door for MA plans to cover in-home care for the first time, creating new, highly sought after opportunities for home-based care providers. However, those opportunities were few and far between, with only 3% of plans offering in-home support services in 2019.

Adoption rates improved slightly but significantly for 2020, thanks in part to CMS yet again widening...

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