Home Health Care News February 11, 2021
The number of health plans offering some kind of innovative supplemental benefit skyrocketed in the past year, reflective of health care’s increasingly strong focus on the home and social determinants of health.
That’s according to a new data brief from actuarial consulting firm Milliman, commissioned by the Better Medicare Alliance (BMA).
“This analysis provides unique insight into the ways that Medicare Advantage (MA) continues to innovate and enhance benefit offerings, even in the face of the extraordinary circumstances presented by the COVID-19 pandemic,” BMA President and CEO Allyson Y. Schwartz said in a statement.
Supplemental benefits like vision exams, dental coverage or fitness perks have been an important differentiator among MA plans since the program’s inception, the data brief notes.
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