Why MA Plans Are Investing in Palliative Care as a Supplemental Benefit

Increasingly, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have found real value in offering community-based palliative care as a supplemental benefit.

Since 2018, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has allowed MA health plans to cover supplemental benefits for eligible patients. This flexibility has allowed insurance companies to offer assistance beyond what is available within traditional Medicare, including palliative care for members, delivered right to the home.

Companies offering MA plans are still in the early to middle stages of really understanding and appreciating the value of the benefits of palliative care for members, according to Fred Bentley, managing director for ATI Advisory’s Medicare Innovation Team. But those facilities that have invested in palliative care have begun to see...

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