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CMS Extends Hospice VBID Through 2030

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is extending the value-based insurance design demonstration for calendar years 2025 to 2030, including the hospice component. For VBID’s purposes, this is generally transitional services for patients who need comfort care but are not yet ready or eligible for hospice.

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Alivia Care Inc. Launches New Home-Based Care Business in Florida

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Alivia Care emerged in 2020 when Community Hospice & Palliative Care, now an affiliate, formed a larger company with a broader range of services. The nonprofit provides home care, hospice, advance care and supportive and palliative care across northern Florida and southern Georgia.

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Why CMS Extended VBID, MA Hospice Carve-In

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) decision to extend the value-based insurance design (VBID) model through 2030: patients’ social needs, health equity and improved care coordination. Three main factors drove the U.S.

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How CMS Proposed ACO Advance Payment Policies Could Impact Palliative Care

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This would allow ACOs with a history of generating savings to make greater investments in services, improving care coordination, hiring staff and building out health care infrastructure. This proposed policy dovetails with the Advance Investment Payment (AIP) component of CMS’ ACO Primary Care FLEX payment model demonstration.

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Acadian Health Expands Services in Texas

Hospice News

Acadian Health’s mobile community-based services include acute care for recently hospitalized non-emergency patients, as well as at-home hospital care for critically ill patients that require 24/7 monitoring as well as advanced diagnostic services. and Asian Americans 5.7%. An estimated 5.2

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Avera at Home Gets Personal with Kore Cares Joint Venture

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Its services include nursing care, meal preparation, companionship, housekeeping, transportation, assistance with activities of daily living and companionship, and a senior care coordination program. “By The JV is currently honing its focus on expanding access to home care for seniors across South Dakota. Census Bureau.

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Diverse Mix of Opportunities, Obstacles in Palliative Care’s Future Outlook

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The association has since completed its affiliation with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), forming the newly named National Alliance for Care at Home (NACH). The diversity and wide breadth of services can be beneficial to patient-centered care, she said.

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