“CMS announces new ‘innovations’ to Medicare Advantage plans,” by Marty Stempniak, McKnight’s LTC News

“The federal government announced a broad array of changes to Medicare Advantage plans last week in hopes it will further pressure providers to up their game in caring for seniors. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials said Friday that those ‘innovations’ will include everything from customizing plans based on beneficiaries’ chronic conditions and socioeconomic status to increasing access to telehealth services. It also wants to up plans’ incentives for seniors to improve their health.”

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

One can only hope these “new” innovations imposed by the government will work better than the “old” innovations that got us into such a health and LTC mess.