{"id":25109,"date":"2025-11-04T10:13:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25109"},"modified":"2025-11-04T10:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:13:56","slug":"are-special-needs-plans-the-backbone-of-medicare-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25109","title":{"rendered":"Are special needs plans the backbone of Medicare Advantage?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By:\u00a0Elizabeth Casolo for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special needs plans are far from new, but they continue to hold promise as some insurers step back from Medicare Advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One KFF analysis attributed about half of MA enrollment growth since 2024 to SNPs, with 21% of 2025 MA enrollees in these plans. UnitedHealthcare, Humana, Aetna and Centene have expanded their SNP offerings this open enrollment period, as well.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/medicare-advantage\/are-special-needs-plans-the-backbone-of-medicare-advantage\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/medicare-advantage\/are-special-needs-plans-the-backbone-of-medicare-advantage\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" class=\"wp-image-17863\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance.jpg 1219w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-462052741medicare-healthcare-insurance-1024x723.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By:\u00a0Elizabeth Casolo for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Special needs plans are far from new, but they continue to hold promise as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,1521,21,16,9,15],"tags":[80,67,61,62,619,65,94],"class_list":["post-25109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-dual-eligible","category-health-care-finance","category-medicaid","category-medicare-advantage","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-cms","tag-medicaid","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-medicare-advantage-special-needs-plans","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25109","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=25109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25110,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25109\/revisions\/25110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}