Supplemental benefits on the rise for Medicare Advantage
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:50 AM CST, Tue November 22, 2022
WASHINGTON – Supplemental benefit offerings in Medicare Advantage, including in-home support services, caregiver support, home-based palliative care and therapeutic massage, increased for the upcoming year, according to a new brief commission by Better Medicare Alliance and prepared by the actuarial consulting firm Milliman. Overall, the number of Medicare Advantage plans to offer at least one of the five recently expanded supplemental benefits jumped 35% from 2022 to 2023, with the largest increase seen among in-home support services, which is now offered across 794 plans in 42 states. “This research shows just some of the ways Medicare Advantage delivers the whole-person care seniors expect and deserve,” said Mary Beth Donahue, president and CEO of the Better Medicare Alliance. “As seniors contend with rising household costs, their ability to access more benefits that are built into the affordable cost of their Medicare Advantage plan is welcome news.” CMS in 2018 reinterpreted “primarily health-related benefits” to include expanded supplemental benefits. Read the full brief here.
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