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ATI Advisory (ATI) announces new capabilities to support growth in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). The National PACE Association (NPA) has added ATI Advisory to its list of approved Technical Assistance Centers (TACs) who offer full capabilities to guide and assist organizations developing and expanding PACE programs.

Inside Health Policy cites ATI Advisory trend analysis of Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) and Expanded Primarily Health-Related Benefits (EPHRB) in Medicare Advantage plans.

Anna Kaltenboeck says in The Pink Sheet: “I do think it’s important to say that PBMs play an important role, which is to negotiate prices and access to drugs. Other countries do this at the national level. We don’t have that mechanism, so if the aim is to continue to have PBMs fill that role, I do hope that the right incentives will exist to ensure that they can negotiate effectively with pharma companies.

Tyler Overstreet Cromer tells McKnight's Home Care, "(Medicare Advantage) plans strive to have consistent and reliable benefits. Once an MA plan offers a benefit, and their members begin to use and like it, they work hard to not remove or significantly reduce the benefit, as that can lead to members leaving the plan.”

Fred Bentley discusses the shifting role of Independent Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs) in today's healthcare marketplace.

Anne Tumlinson foresees a benefit-offering slowdown in Medicare Advantage with a caveat in a discussion with Home Health Care News,