CMS Offers New Flexibility For MA Plans In Expanded VBID Model

CMS on Friday (Jan. 18) announced a nation-wide expansion and several new features of its Value-Based Insurance Design model, which provides flexibility to Medicare Advantage plans with the goal of encouraging beneficiaries to consume high-value clinical services. The agency’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation launched the VBID model in 2017 in seven states. Starting in the 2020 plan year, the model will be an available in all U.S. states and territories, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said Friday. That expansion...