On January 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the proposed annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for the 2020 benefit year (proposed 2020 Payment Notice). This rule proposes regulatory and financial parameters applicable to qualified health plans (QHPs) on the Exchanges, plans in the individual, small group, and large group markets, and self-funded group health plans. These changes proposed in the rule would further the Trump Administration’s goals of lowering premiums, enhancing the consumer experience, increasing market stability, reducing regulatory burdens, and protecting taxpayers.
The model for Medicare Advantage plans is an update to the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design or “VBID” model that CMS first launched in 2017. The goal is to allow health plans more flexibility to include hospice care and increase access to telehealth services.
Starting in 2020, the VBID will test more ways of delivering care to its consumers.
