American Hospital Association January 9, 2019
Over the last year, new laws, regulations, and guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) have created a number of opportunities for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to
innovate on benefits and formularies. The new rules are primarily focused in three general areas:
• Reinterpretation of existing requirements that MA supplemental benefits be “primarily health related”
allowing for supplemental benefits for daily maintenance in addition to those for the diagnosis,
treatment and...