News and insights to help health plans and providers stay connected to one of the most important destinations of care: the home.
Dina’s Operations Team Makes Coordinating In-Home Services Easy
Non-medical supplemental benefits like personal care, meal delivery and home modifications have become important to health plans as a way to meet member’s needs and differentiate themselves from Medicare and their competitors. But they often struggle to operationalize...
Health Equity Index Rewards Plans Addressing Disparities in Care
CMS has signaled a renewed commitment to health equity with the introduction of the Health Equity Index (HEI), designed to motivate Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to identify and address disparities in care to members with social risk factors such as dual-eligibility,...
Creating Value: Dina Unlocks Home-Based Benefit Delivery
First Analysis Managing Director Andrew Walsh is a longtime healthcare executive and entrepreneur, who has worked with organizations like Optum, UnitedHealth Group and DaVita Health. He founded and scaled Educerus Health Solutions (acquired by PopHealthCare), an...
MA Final Rule: Impact on Supplemental Benefits & Plan Growth
CMS released its much-anticipated 2025 Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D final rule, codifying many of the provisions it proposed in the fall. We highlight six changes that will impact general enrollment MA plans, supplemental benefits programs, and D-SNPs, as well...
Health Related Social Needs Get Boost From Medicaid Guidance
Much like social determinants of health, addressing health related social needs (HRSN) is important for improving overall health outcomes and reducing health disparities. Several states are taking steps to address health related social needs and CMS is offering...
Moving the Needle on Outcomes Takes Center Stage at RISE National
The shift to value-based care and the role of health plans to support that vision was a key theme at the recent RISE National Conference in Nashville. “We continue to hear from benefit and in-home service providers about the importance of creating value and moving the...
Alignment, Growth Equity: How Medicare Can Propel Value-Based Strategy
CMS recently published an update on its Medicare value-based care strategy that anchors on three pillars: alignment, growth and equity. Notably, CMS calls on MA plans to use supplemental benefits to create value, and lean into the shift to value-based care. This call...
Policy Changes Don’t Damper D-SNP Growth
The D-SNP market continues to grow to accommodate the rapid rise of the dual-eligible population and ongoing policy changes from CMS that will shape the market. Beneficiaries who are dually enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid are cited as a target pocket of growth...
Health Plans Prepare for Changing Regulatory Landscape & Other Trends
CMS has proposed regulatory requirements for supplemental benefits in 2025 that will demand a new approach from Medicare Advantage plans. And with recent legislative progress, some changes are increasingly close to a reality. With an eye on the ever-evolving health...
Dina Named to Inc. Regionals List of Fastest Growing Private Companies
We're excited to announce that Dina has been named to the Inc. 5000 Regionals: Midwest list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing Midwest private companies. This is the third year in a row that Dina has achieved this milestone. According to Inc., the...
First Analysis Invests in Dina
First Analysis, a leading venture capital investor, has made a new investment in Dina. First Analysis led the $7 million Series B round, with participation from existing investors Osage Venture Partners and First Trust Capital Partners, LLC. In December, SCAN Group, a...
Proposed CMS Rule Changes Focus on Benefit ROI
Proposed rules from CMS are pushing health plans to demonstrate value and return on the investments they're making in products, benefits and services. Historically, health plans have used products and benefits to attract and retain their membership. Now, there's...
Special Needs Plans on the Rise; 6 States Lead Enrollment
Special Needs Plans (SNPs) provide specialized coverage — extra benefits and coordinated care — for people who have chronic medical conditions or face certain severe or disabling health situations. What are the Three Types of SNPs? SNPs come in three types, each with...
Dina Recognized on “Best Places To Work” List by Purpose Jobs
Dina was recognized as one of the Best Places To Work in 2024 by Purpose Jobs! Purpose Jobs is the largest community of purpose-driven startup and tech professionals. Companies across emerging tech hubs (and those hiring remotely) were evaluated on and selected for a...
Faster and Better: Clear Spring Health Partners with Dina to Coordinate Home Health Services
Clear Spring Health wanted to solve a problem that plagues most of the industry: it takes too long to coordinate home health services for members when they are returning home after a hospital stay. “There was a lot of back and forth via phone between the discharge...
CMS Proposes Changes to Improve Access to MA Benefits
Supplemental benefits continue to grow across more plans. Now CMS wants to know who is using them and what impact they have. Nearly all Medicare Advantage (MA) plans offer at least one supplemental benefit; the most frequently offered are vision, hearing, fitness, and...
Scaling Services & Delighting Customers: 4 Questions for Dina Tech Leader
We know that most people want to age in place and receive care in their homes and communities. But shifting care to the home doesn’t happen overnight. It requires new models and digital tools to help people get the services they need, and stay connected to their...
Long-Term Services and Supports Spending is Up: What Happens Now?
Medicaid enrollees who used long-term services and supports (LTSS) had disproportionately high spending in 2020, but just 24% who utilized the benefit did so in an institutionalized setting, according to a recent KFF report. As the population continues to age, it is...