Home Health Care News January 28, 2021
In September, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released high-level data suggesting a huge expansion of new Medicare Advantage (MA) supplemental benefits for 2021.
CMS followed that up with specific information on MA supplemental benefits under the “primarily health-related” pathway a month later, catching home care providers’ attention due to strong numbers around in-home support services.
Since then, those who follow the MA landscape have been waiting for additional data around another category — the Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) pathway.
Those numbers are now in, too, and they’re just as exciting.
“We’re seeing really substantial growth in the number of plans offering Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill,” Tyler Cromer, a...