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A Palliative Care CMMI Demo Could Ignite Competition for Hospices

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New legislation is leading some hospices to consider what a potential community-based palliative care payment demo would mean for them — as well as what it would look like. To date, lagging reimbursement has been a barrier to home-based serious illness care, he said. “A

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How Palliative Care Generates Savings, Boosts Hospice Utilization

Hospice News

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. An analysis from the U.S.

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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. Croix Hospice CEO Heath Bartness told Hospice News at the Home Care 100 conference. “I This entire Medicare Advantage.

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CMS to Sunset Hospice VBID in 2024

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Often called the “hospice carve-in,” the program was designed to test coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage, in addition to some coverage of palliative care and transitional care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will end the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) as of Dec.

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Hospice’s Post-VBID Value-Based Outlook

Hospice News

Launched in 2021, the carve-in was designed to test coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage, as well as coverage of palliative and transitional care. a hospice and home care consulting company. You need to be at the table with Medicare Advantage plan negotiations and make yourself known. “You

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Androscoggin CEO: Modernization of the Hospice Benefit is Coming With VBID

Hospice News

In 2019, more hospice patients had a principle diagnosis within the Dementia-Alzheimer’s-Parkison’s disease grouping than any other type of disease, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). First, participation in the four-year demo is voluntary for payers and providers.

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Hospices Get Creative to Succeed in VBID

Hospice News

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the demo through 2030. So I think [VBID] really gives us the opportunity to come to them with solutions,” Holland said at the Home Care 100 Conference in Orlando. Recent research has shown that hospice care reduces Medicare’s costs by nearly $3.5

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