Quality Programs Playbook

Better Star Ratings Start at Home,
Not in the Clinic

The measures that determine Star Ratings — and bonus payments — derive from the home, not the clinic. Read our new white paper, A Platform-Based Approach to Supplemental Benefits, to see why focusing on quality improvements at home can result in big payoffs for your plan.

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Medicare Advantage plans received $12.7 billion
in bonus payments in 2025.

We'll show you how coordinating care through The Helper Bees platform can get your plan a piece of the pie.

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partnership

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programs

3.3M

nonmedical support tasks in 12 months

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eligible lives impacted

"A plan partnering with THB does not build a quality improvement program — it gains access to one."

The Data That Qualifies Quality Programs

Nonmedical support maps directly to the measures that drive Star Ratings and revenue, and we have the evidence to prove it. Review our methodology in our companion paper, Real-World Nonmedical Support Data and Medicare Advantage Star Ratings.

Deliver Care Where It Counts

To learn more about how our home care approach yields success for both members and plans, download our report.

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‍Suggested citation: Katabaro, A., Haddad, S., Thakkar, N., Gutridge, D., & Hu, C. (2026). A Platform-Based Approach to In-Home, Nonmedical Supplemental Benefits:Clinical Scale, Administrative Efficiency, and Medicare Advantage Star Ratings.

Better Star Ratings Start at Home, Not in the Clinic

Medicare Advantage plans received $12.7 billion in bonus payments in 2025.

1

5

3.3M

7M

"A plan partnering with THB does not build a quality improvement program — it gains access to one."

The Data That Qualifies Quality Programs

Better Star Ratings Start at Home,
Not in the Clinic

Medicare Advantage plans received $12.7 billion
in bonus payments in 2025.