Engaging Family Caregivers Can Help MA Insurers Achieve Triple Aim

Family caregivers have long been regarded as an important part of care teams for high-needs Medicare beneficiaries, especially those enrolled in Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs). But there are strong cases for Medicare Advantage insurers to support caregivers as part of their broader care management strategy, as they can help improve outcomes, reduce costs and enhance member experience, according to speakers at a session of the AHIP 2023 Medicare, Medicaid, Duals & Commercial Markets Forum, held March 14-16 in Washington, D.C.

Although there is “concurrent public policy and private solution[s] and investment going on in the caregiver space,” multiple challenges exist with activating them, from identifying potential caregivers to supporting them with the training they need to identify issues such as a change in condition, observed John Mach, M.D., founder and general manager of Mach Health Care Strategies, LLC, during the panel discussion, “Achieving the Triple Aim for Medicare Members by Activating Family Caregivers.”

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Lauren Flynn Kelly

Lauren Flynn Kelly Managing Editor, Radar on Medicare Advantage

Lauren has been covering health business issues, including drug benefits and specialty pharmacy, for more than a decade. She served as editor of Drug Benefit News (the predecessor to Radar on Drug Benefits) from 2004 to 2005 and again from 2011 to 2016, and now manages Radar on Medicare Advantage. Lauren graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in English.

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