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    CMS Publishes Final Rule Mandating Special Needs Plans Screen for Certain SDoH Barriers
    • 6 days ago
    • 3 min

    CMS Publishes Final Rule Mandating Special Needs Plans Screen for Certain SDoH Barriers

    The primary stated purpose of this requirement is to allow SNPs to incorporate this information into the overall plan of care for members
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    Remember the Partial Duals During PHE Unwind
    • May 2
    • 2 min

    Remember the Partial Duals During PHE Unwind

    With the COVID-19 public health emergency potentially coming to a close there has been a lot of well-grounded discussion about how to...
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    How the Pandemic Exacerbated SDoH Barriers for Medicare Advantage  Members
    • Feb 16
    • 1 min

    How the Pandemic Exacerbated SDoH Barriers for Medicare Advantage Members

    Strategies for Effective SDoH Outreach Campaigns in 2022 We all have our own unique life history, our own strengths and our own...
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    The Pandemic’s Hidden Crisis:  New Dual Eligible Medicare Members
    • Nov 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Pandemic’s Hidden Crisis: New Dual Eligible Medicare Members

    The COVID-19 Pandemic has created disproportionate employment challenges for the over age 65 population, decreasing financial security,...
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    Medicare Advantage plans:  What are you doing to plan for the end of the Covid-19 PHE?
    • May 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    Medicare Advantage plans: What are you doing to plan for the end of the Covid-19 PHE?

    Like so many individuals and organizations, state Medicaid agencies have experienced challenges during the COVID-19 public health...
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    BeneLynk Advocacy and Government Relations:  Working as Partners to Serve Members
    • Apr 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    BeneLynk Advocacy and Government Relations: Working as Partners to Serve Members

    We sometimes get asked “just what exactly does the Government Relations team do for a company like BeneLynk?” We have many different...
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    Who Do You Want Calling Your Members?
    • Feb 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Who Do You Want Calling Your Members?

    At BeneLynk, our approach to documenting and addressing Social Determinant of Health (SDoH) barriers is centered on a human-to-human...
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    Addressing Hunger in Medicare and Medicaid Populations During the Pandemic
    • Jan 27, 2021
    • 2 min

    Addressing Hunger in Medicare and Medicaid Populations During the Pandemic

    When we think about barriers to living a healthy life, we often do so in the context of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Access to adequate...
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    Government Relations and Dual Eligible Advocacy
    • Dec 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Government Relations and Dual Eligible Advocacy

    At BeneLynk, we believe that the success of a Dual Eligible Advocacy service is measured by the member experience and by the increase in...
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    After decades of outreach, why are you still not receiving complete revenue for your MA membership?
    • Dec 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    After decades of outreach, why are you still not receiving complete revenue for your MA membership?

    As health plans meet the challenges of Covid-19, new awareness has grown of a broad spectrum of day-to-day challenges member’s face:...
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    Update on Dual Recertification and Covid:  PHE Extension
    • Oct 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    Update on Dual Recertification and Covid: PHE Extension

    We’ve written before about the Public Health Emergency and its impact on Medicaid recertifications. With Secretary of Health and Human...
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    Documenting the Prescription Drug Use of Medicare Advantage Members Who Use the VA
    • Jul 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    Documenting the Prescription Drug Use of Medicare Advantage Members Who Use the VA

    As you may know, 22% of all Medicare Advantage members are veterans. 5% of all Medicare Advantage members receive care through the VA....
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    CMS Findings on COVID 19 and Dual Eligibles
    • Jun 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    CMS Findings on COVID 19 and Dual Eligibles

    Last week, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released data and commentary shedding light on the disproportionate impact...
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    Medicare Advantage Dual Enrolled Retention and COVID-19
    • Jun 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    Medicare Advantage Dual Enrolled Retention and COVID-19

    The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted how healthcare is delivered nationwide and touches virtually every service that managed care plans...
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    A Big Change to Medicare Risk Adjustment: Incorporating Social Determinants of Health
    • Apr 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    A Big Change to Medicare Risk Adjustment: Incorporating Social Determinants of Health

    Will SDoH reshape Medicare risk adjustment? For decades, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recognized that...
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    Dual Eligible Outreach and Advocacy:  The BeneLynk Approach
    • Sep 6, 2019
    • 4 min

    Dual Eligible Outreach and Advocacy: The BeneLynk Approach

    Dual Eligible Outreach and Advocacy is not a new initiative in Medicare Advantage. Back in the early 2000s many of us on the BeneLynk...
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    Dual Eligible Advocacy: A Key Social Determinant of Health Service
    • Jun 3, 2019
    • 3 min

    Dual Eligible Advocacy: A Key Social Determinant of Health Service

    Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) are all the talk in managed care now. Behind all the buzz, is the big question — how do we...
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    • Jan 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    What Happens to the 7-8% of Medicare Members Who Use the VA During a Government Shutdown?

    The once remote threat of a government shutdown has become an immediate probability. As Aaron Blake wrote in today’s Washington Post, the...
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