CMS Lets MA Plans Vary Benefits More Via Expanded Demo, Proposed Rule

By Michelle M. Stein / November 30, 2017 at 2:48 PM
CMS recently announced it will expand the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration in 2019 to an additional 15 states and let plans choose which conditions to structure benefit variations around, coming shortly after the agency proposed similar flexibilities for all MA plans. An insurance stakeholder said CMS appears to be using several paths to give plans more flexibility on benefits. The MA VBID demonstration allows MA plans to offer supplemental benefits or reduced cost sharing to certain beneficiaries. The...


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