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

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Through the collaboration, VNS Health and Compassus will help MA health plans to manage patient populations within the hospice component of VBID, often called the hospice carve-in. Compassus’ role will largely involve providing community-based palliative and hospice support for patients in MA VBID health plans, he said.

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Care Coordination, Quality Data Crucial to Hospice Referral Growth

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Care coordination and quality data will be engines for hospice referral growth. Hospices saw census volumes drop during the COVID-19 public health emergency as facilities nationwide restricted access to patients amid mandated state closures.

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Headwaters Hospice to Launch New Palliative Care Services

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The locally- and veteran-owned hospice provider saw its first patient in 2023, and has met the challenges of rural hospice care delivery with both resilience and adaptability, according to Michael Brown, co-founder of Headwaters.

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2 Tailwinds Shaping Hospice Growth, Care Delivery

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Rising demand for end-of-life care is pushing hospice growth opportunities to the forefront in value-based reimbursement. More payers in this arena are increasingly recognizing the depth of potential beneficial outcomes when it comes to collaborative hospice partnerships.

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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

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Cameron Muir has been named as the new CMO of the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). His new title signals the organization’s strategic plans to reshape hospice care delivery through patient-centered, innovative approaches, according to NPHI CEO Tom Koutsoumpas. “We

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Lawmakers Take Bipartisan Approach to Hospice, Palliative Care Policy

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Several of these bills have rolled out this year from the Senate Comprehensive Care Caucus , which Rosen co-founded, including Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act , the Provider Training in Palliative Care Act and Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act.

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CMS Seeks Provider Input on Potential National Health Care Provider Directory

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Creating a directory of certified providers and services could help facilitate better care coordination and transitions of care, reduce some administrative tasks, and support interoperability throughout the health sector, CMS indicated.

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