{"id":16060,"date":"2020-05-22T11:43:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T15:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16060"},"modified":"2020-05-22T11:43:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T15:43:26","slug":"cms-announces-changes-to-medicare-advantage-and-part-d-to-provide-better-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16060","title":{"rendered":"CMS announces changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D to provide better coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 22, 2020, The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services finalized requirements that will increase access to telehealth for seniors in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, expand the types of supplemental benefits available for beneficiaries with an MA plan who have chronic diseases, provide support for more MA options for beneficiaries in rural communities, and expand access to MA for patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Together, the changes advance President Trump\u2019s Executive Orders on Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation\u2019s Seniors and Advancing American Kidney Health as well as several of the CMS strategic initiatives.\u00a0 Read press release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/trump-administration-announces-changes-medicare-advantage-and-part-d-provide-better-coverage-and\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CMS-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7780\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CMS-logo-300x105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CMS-logo-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CMS-logo.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 22, 2020, The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services finalized requirements that will increase access to telehealth for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,6,9,15,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs","category-telehealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16061,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16060\/revisions\/16061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}