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New CMMI Primary Care Demo Could Pave Way for Hospice, Palliative Partnerships

Hospice News

A new primary care-focused payment model demonstration could create new partnership opportunities for hospice and palliative care providers. The agency intends for the 10-year demo to expand and enhance care management and care coordination.

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CMMI Working on Payment Models That Include Palliative Care

Hospice News

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. MCCM was designed to test the impact of concurrent hospice and curative care.

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CMS Extends Hospice VBID Through 2030

Hospice News

The demonstration marks the first major step for hospices into the value-based care arena. While some hospice leaders question the value of the program, others have greeted the demo with more enthusiasm. Among those benefits is palliative care. This entire Medicare Advantage.

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How Palliative Care Fits in to CMMI’s Enhancing Oncology Model

Hospice News

A new cancer-focused payment model demonstration from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) could create opportunities for palliative care providers. The goals of the Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM), which went live on July 1, are to improve the quality and reduce the cost of cancer care with augmented care coordination.

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

Hospice News

Compassus and VNS Health have formed a value-based collaboration aimed at improving access, awareness and quality of hospice and palliative care services. The two home-based care organizations are joining forces in a Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model partnership.

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Why SCAN Health Plan Will Enter Hospice VBID in 2023

Hospice News

“The hospice carve-in makes enrolling in hospice an expansion of a member’s care experience by enabling our members to continue engaging with their primary care team with transitional concurrent care while benefiting from the additional supportive services that hospice provides.”.

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

Hospice News

About A total of 9,630 VBID beneficiaries received hospice care through the VBID demo in 2021, and 525 utilized the program’s supplemental benefits, according to a report from the RAND Corporation prepared for CMS. CMS requires MA plans to ensure they are working with providers of high-quality care.

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