Demo End-of-life care Hospice 
Hospice News
JUNE 6, 2023
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.
Hospice News
APRIL 29, 2022
The Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in has been the focus of much attention among providers, and many are watching closely for the demonstration’s outcomes. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the MCCM in 2016 to explore the idea of allowing hospice patients to receive concurrent curative care.
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Hospice News
AUGUST 14, 2023
Past payment model demonstrations that included community-based palliative care offer a window into how these services could generate cost savings and improved quality. Among those demos is the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM), which ran between 2016 and 2021.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 4, 2022
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. CMS launched the MCCM in 2016 to explore the idea of allowing hospice patients to receive concurrent curative care.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 20, 2022
SCAN Health Plan is among the Medicare Advantage (MA) payers entering the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) payment demonstration in 2023. The four-year program — often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in — launched Jan. Hospice VBID enters its third year in 2023.
Hospice News
AUGUST 17, 2023
As Jimmy Carter marks his sixth month in hospice care, the provider community is raising awareness by saluting the former president. The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) convened a group of hospice leaders at Times Square in New York City to commemorate Carter’s hospice experience.
Hospice News
JUNE 24, 2024
“While the model is primary care focused, the target goal is to bring low revenue models into value-based care arrangements,” Hochberg said. This fits nicely into palliative care. Improved end-of-life care is also much better for patients and creates significant savings for health care systems.” “The
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