Inside CMS - 02/14/2019

House Lawmakers Tout MA Supplemental Benefits, Push CMS To Do More

By Chelsea Cirruzzo / February 11, 2019 at 3:31 PM
More than 300 House lawmakers touted supplemental benefits for the chronically ill in Medicare Advantage as part of an annual letter praising the program, and they also urged CMS to do as much as possible to build on the broader category of supplemental benefits the agency authorized last year. At the same time, the lawmakers asked CMS to give MA plans enough time to evaluate and put into place substantive changes to the program. The letter, released on Wednesday (Feb...

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