Commonwealth Fund January 9, 2020
Eva Powell, M.S.W., is senior manager of quality programs at the Alliance of Community Health Plans, an organization representing nonprofit health plans ranging from large, multistate ones to smaller regional plans. Many have turned to the alliance for guidance on how to respond to the CHRONIC Care Act, which offers plans greater flexibility in designing supplemental benefits for Medicare Advantage members and, for the first time, the option to tailor these benefits to discrete populations. Transforming Care asked Powell what she’s heard from plans so far.
Transforming Care: What’s been the response of your members to the CHRONIC Care Act?
Powell: The plans are very excited and recognize the flexibility as something that’s been needed. There’s a lot of...