Home Health Care News January 14, 2020
In November, the Better Medicare Alliance and actuarial consulting firm Milliman dropped their latest report detailing how Medicare Advantage (MA) plans were acting on the expanded supplemental benefits rules federal policymakers established over the past couple of years.
Home care executives devoured the report, but came away feeling somewhat discouraged by an apparent lack of home-focused benefits for 2020. According to the Better Medicare Alliance and Milliman, just 148 MA plans said they’ll cover in-home support services this year, a far cry from the blockbuster some home care providers anticipated.
The reality, though, is that November’s report only tells part of home care’s MA story for 2020.