Home Health Care News January 11, 2022
New data relating to Medicare Advantage (MA) benefits is on its way out for the new year. And finally, it looks as if optimistic home-based care providers that view MA as a potential revenue stream in the near- and long-term future are seeing their bullishness validated.
Just 267 MA plans offered Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) in 2020, but 1,292 will in 2022, according to new reporting from the Washington, D.C.-based research and advisory firm ATI Advisory. Compared to last year, 369 more plans will be offering these benefits in 2022.
It’s not just the amount of plans that are offering these benefits to their members, either. The amount of each benefit that they’re offering is also,...