{"id":25273,"date":"2025-12-11T08:22:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T13:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25273"},"modified":"2025-12-11T08:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T13:22:55","slug":"proposed-medicare-advantage-rule-aims-to-broaden-hemp-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25273","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Medicare Advantage rule aims to broaden hemp coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By: Elizabeth Casolo for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CMS\u2019s proposed Medicare Advantage rule for 2027 includes more leeway for hemp coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hemp has low concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol, as defined by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. Under the proposal, hulled hemp seed, hemp seed protein powder and hemp seed oil that is \u201cgenerally recognized as safe\u201d by the FDA would be permitted for qualifying MA enrollees, falling under special supplemental benefits for the chronically ill.  Continue reading<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/medicare-advantage\/proposed-medicare-advantage-rule-aims-to-broaden-hemp-coverage\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/medicare-advantage\/proposed-medicare-advantage-rule-aims-to-broaden-hemp-coverage\/\"> here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"wp-image-7811\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_37479969medical-marijuana-cannabis.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_37479969medical-marijuana-cannabis.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_37479969medical-marijuana-cannabis-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_37479969medical-marijuana-cannabis-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_37479969medical-marijuana-cannabis-1024x683.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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) CMS\u2019s proposed Medicare Advantage rule for 2027 includes more leeway for hemp coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,31,12,9],"tags":[80,76,1976,62,94],"class_list":["post-25273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cms","category-fda","category-health-care-general","category-medicare-advantage","tag-cms","tag-fda","tag-hemp","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25273","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=25273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25274,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25273\/revisions\/25274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}