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Payers to Hospices: Don’t Wait to Start Working with MA Plans

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Over time, Medicare Advantage plans will likely have a greater presence as hospice payers, and now is the time for providers to build relationships those organizations. Originally slated to end in 2024, CMS recently extended the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) to 2023. SCAN is a $4.3

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GAO Calls on CMS to Assess Telehealth Quality, Develop Billing Codes

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should implement billing codes and quality assessments for telehealth services, according to new recommendations from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Now, stakeholders are looking at what should be done in the long term. The Senate must now consider the bill.