Review of Contract Year 2023 Medicare Advantage expanded supplemental healthcare benefit offerings
Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) continue to increase supplemental benefit offerings available through expanded flexibility.
In this Milliman brief, we review Medicare Advantage expanded supplemental healthcare benefit offerings for the contract year 2023. Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, which are private plans offering Medicare benefits, must cover all benefits offered by original Medicare, at the same or less cost. MA plans may offer additional, or supplemental, benefits not covered by original Medicare, such as dental, vision, and fitness. Under CMS guidelines issued in spring 2018, plans were granted more flexibility regarding the benefits they were permitted to offer. Milliman has analyzed CMS reports since 2019 to identify these plans.