Congress Changes Law On MA Supplemental Benefits So CMS Doesn't Have To

By John Wilkerson / February 22, 2018 at 12:13 PM
A week after CMS proposed reinterpreting Medicare law to let Medicare Advantage plans offer services that help beneficiaries with daily activities, Congress changed the law so the agency doesn’t have to. CMS proposed on Feb. 1 a new interpretation of the law in part two of the 2019 Medicare Advantage and Part D Advance Notice and Draft Call Letter. The goal was to let MA plans pay for services, including non-skilled respite home care, and installation of portable wheelchair ramps...

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