CMS Finalizes Rules Allowing Medicare Advantage Plans To Expand and Target Supplemental Benefits

CMS Finalizes Rules Allowing Medicare Advantage Plans To Expand and Target Supplemental Benefits

May 9, 2018, Covington Alert

Under Sections 1852(d) and 1854(c) of the Social Security Act (SSA), a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan must offer uniform benefits, premiums, and cost-sharing within each “segment” in the MA plan’s service area. See 42 C.F.R. § 422.100(d). “Segments” are county-level portions of a plan’s overall service area.