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CMMI Analysis: Palliative Care Reduces Medicare Costs, Improve Patient Satisfaction

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Despite this potential, existing programs hit barriers created by misconceptions about palliative care among referring physicians, as well as health equity concerns, among others, according to an analysts of four payment model demonstrations carried out by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation.

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MA Enrollment to Outstrip Traditional Medicare in 2025

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Growth in the number of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries will likely overtake that for traditional Medicare in 2025, according to new estimates from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Researchers examined Medicare claims data for more than 1 million patients who died between 2016 and 2018.

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The Case for Integrating Social Determinants Into Palliative Care

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Social and economic factors like these drive 40% of health outcomes, according to the Better Medicare Alliance. For example, 2016 research found that close to 3.6 Health care providers, payers, and other stakeholders are increasingly paying more attention to both social determinants and palliative care, including Medicare and Medicaid.

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CMMI Working on Payment Models That Include Palliative Care

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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is developing new reimbursement pathways for palliative care. As part of that process, CMMI is applying elements of its Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) demonstration, which ended Dec. 31, 2021, according to a new CMMI white paper. To date, the U.S.

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Researchers: Palliative Care an Overlooked Global Health Priority 

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By 2060, more than 48 million people globally will die with serious health related suffering, up 87% from 2016, the authors indicated. More than 10,000 people become Medicare-eligible every day, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Palliative care is a neglected health care priority worldwide, three nursing experts contend.

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How Medicare Budget Neutrality Impacts Hospice Payment

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Medicare reimbursement is the lifeblood of hospice providers, and a clear understanding of policies like budget neutrality can help elucidate the payment systems that keep their businesses running. An earlier version of budget neutrality was phased out in 2016. But a similar move within the Medicare Hospice Benefit is unlikely.

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The ‘Holy Grail’ of Palliative Care Payment Through ACOs

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ACOs are groups of physicians, hospitals and other health care providers who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high-quality care to their Medicare patients. ACOs are groups of physicians, hospitals and other health care providers who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high-quality care to their Medicare patients.