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Compassus, VNS Health Team Up to Manage End-of-Life Care for Medicare Advantage Payers

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The two home-based care organizations are joining forces in a Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model partnership. The collaboration with VNS Health is intended to boost access to end-of-life care for serious and terminally ill patients by improving care coordination and transitions, Holland indicated.

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Hospices Have Long Road Ahead on Improving Health Equity

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End-of-life care models have increasingly diversified to reach a broader range of patients with different beliefs, values and spiritual outlooks, according to Altonia Garrett, COO of Blue Ridge Hospice. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servicesā€™ (CMS) has helped back these initiatives in part with research grants.

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VIA Health Enhances Support for Hospice Patients with Heart FailureĀ 

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Case in point, the organization recently achieved a Heart Failure Certification from the American Heart Association, which evaluates provides in accordance with evidence-based standards designed to ensure high quality care and adherence to clinical practice guidelines. Close to 6.7

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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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Lawmakers Take Bipartisan Approach to Hospice, Palliative Care Policy

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The Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act, introduced in June, would direct the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to develop a dedicated palliative care payment demonstration. So, if youā€™re diagnosed with cancer, you have access to palliative care, to curative treatments, to whatever services you need.

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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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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

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During his tenure, he has helped to develop and oversee the launch of the NPHI Innovation Lab, which focuses on designing systematic approaches to improve advanced illness care by examining trends in population health, claims analytics and practice optimization. NorthStar Care Community affiliated with Centrica Care Navigators in February.

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