{"id":16972,"date":"2020-10-16T08:07:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T12:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16972"},"modified":"2020-10-16T08:07:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T12:07:36","slug":"special-supplemental-benefits-for-the-chronically-ill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16972","title":{"rendered":"Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, CMS allowed expanded benefits for Medicare Advantage plans, but so far few providers offer them.\u00a0 Medicare annual open enrollment season October 15 through December 7 is the time to look into Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill, or SSBI.\u00a0 Although eligibility rules for the new benefits also require an \u201ca high risk of hospitalization or other adverse health outcomes\u201d; these new benefits go beyond medical care and provide support that can help improve and prolong a sick person\u2019s life.\u00a0 However, few insurers and consumers have been slow to embrace the new rules with only an estimated 4.6 percent of plans are offering any new benefit.\u00a0 Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nerdwallet.com\/article\/insurance\/medicare\/new-medicare-advantage-benefits-may-be-hard-to-find-and-qualify-for\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dreamstime_m_41044622women-social-security-700x467women.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8698\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dreamstime_m_41044622women-social-security-700x467women-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dreamstime_m_41044622women-social-security-700x467women-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/dreamstime_m_41044622women-social-security-700x467women.jpg 700w\" 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>In 2019, CMS allowed expanded benefits for Medicare Advantage plans, but so far few providers offer them.\u00a0 Medicare annual open<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16972","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=16972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16973,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16972\/revisions\/16973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}