In a webinar, DOH provided guidance for the second year of VBP under MLTC, VBP performance adjustments and penalties for MLTC plans, and its strategy for nursing home VBP in 2019.

In a Dear Administrator Letter, DOH announced that MLTC plan contracts with LHCSAs that are intended to continue care for new enrollees who transfer from a plan that has closed, merged with another plan, or narrowed its service area are not counted in determining compliance with the MLTC LHCSA network cap.

The study, commissioned by the Better Medicare Alliance, identifies the plans that are offering new health-related benefits, the benefits they are offering, and the states in which they are available.

DOH proposes minor changes in 2018 and 2019 MLTC Quality Incentive.

Despite new authority to offer expanded "health-related" benefits, only a small fraction of Medicare Advantage plans are offering new supplemental benefits, such as adult day health care and personal care, in 2019.

MLTC plans that chose to resubmit value-based payment reports for the period ending March 31, 2018 must do so by August 1, 2018. 

The MLTC Report includes information about the enrollees in each MLTC plan and the plan's performance on quality, compliance, efficiency, and consumer satisfaction measures.

The benefit marks the first time CMS has allowed supplemental benefits that include daily maintenance in Medicare Advantage.