NGA asks CMS to improve Medicare Advantage SSBCI Programs to Expand Benefits Acceptance across Independents
In early 2025, Fincretive's Chief Strategy Office, Judd Ferrer, was asked to provide Payment and Technical guidance to the National Grocer's Association (NGA) in their letter addressed to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid on requested changes to Medicare Advantage's Special Supplement Benefit for the Chronically Ill program to improve acceptance of these programs across the Independent Grocery segment in America. The article addresses challenges in the Independent Grocery industry with adhering to Approved Product Lists and how CMS could - through small modifications and private market solutions - enable retailers to more easily adhere to program requirements and provide UPC level data for items in appropriate benefit categories.
Read the Article from the NGA to CMS below: