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How to Diversify Services Within the Medicare Hospice Benefit

Hospice News

Hospices nationwide have been diversifying their services to include palliative care, PACE, home-based primary care and a host of other business lines. However, some organizations have found success with disease-specific programs reimbursed through the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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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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‘Detrimental, Unnecessary Chaos’ Looms as Hospice Telehealth Waivers Expire

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This could be interpreted as a signal of interest in retaining some of these flexibilities into the future, according to Katy Barnett, director of home care and hospice operations and policy at LeadingAge. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), they would not be able to recertify via telehealth.

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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 Services’ (CMS) has helped back these initiatives in part with research grants.

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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. Swelling aging populations have fueled rising health care costs across the country, with payers and providers alike seeking ways to ensure affordable access and sustainable services.

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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 you’re diagnosed with cancer, you have access to palliative care, to curative treatments, to whatever services you need.