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CMS Considering Regulation For D-SNP Look-Alike Plans

Inside Health Policy (April 3, 2019)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is considering regulating duals special needs plan look-alikes because they get in the way of state efforts to integrate Medicaid and Medicare services through Medicare-Medicaid Plans or D-SNPs and are confusing for beneficiaries. The agency asked for advocates’ feedback on the impact of the D-SNP look-alikes—which don’t have to follow D-SNP requirements—on integration, beneficiary choice, competition, state Medicaid policy and other areas.

In a call letter CMS said state commenters were unanimous in saying that D-SNP look-alikes get in the way of the comments reinforce that the proliferation of D-SNP look-alike plans impedes progress toward developing products that meaningfully integrate Medicare and Medicaid benefits for dually eligible individuals. Justice in Aging attorney Georgia Burke was interviewed for the article and said, “we are pleased CMS has identified that the look-alikes are impeding progress toward integrating Medicare and Medicaid benefits and we hope CMS moves quickly to rein in the look-alikes.”

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