Hospice News

APRIL 11, 2023

The agency further announced that patients will be able to receive curative treatments in tandem with hospice care and that it would permit health plans to further restrict the utilization of out-of-network providers. As it currently stands a patient can choose whichever hospice they want when they elect hospice care.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Before the “mature” plans can offer these incentives, they must have a minimum number of in-network providers in their service regions, as well as a comprehensive strategy for providing adequate access to necessary, appropriate and equitable hospice care, according to CMS guidance.

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Hospice News

MARCH 28, 2023

Often called the Medicare Advantage carve-in, the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) model is now in its third year. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the demo through 2030. Hospices have new evidence at their disposal to make this case. Recently, the U.S.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

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. The program launched in 2021, coinciding with the height of the pandemic. Participation was small in year one.

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Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2024

Improved end-of-life care is also much better for patients and creates significant savings for health care systems.” “The Most importantly, palliative care providers can discuss their track record – be it a palliative care demo, Medicare Advantage relationships, or any other value-based approaches to care,” he said.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

“As SCAN transitions to the new realities of health care delivery with its enhanced focus on vulnerable seniors, this is the ideal time to develop operations integrating high-quality hospice care with upstream palliative care to support our members during their entire care journey.”.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Though hospices operate within the dedicated Medicare benefit, market forces in the system at large wield considerable influence on how they operate — including the meteoric rise of managed care. The first, published last week, addressed the intersection of hospice care, behavioral health and chronic disease management.

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Hospice News

JUNE 6, 2023

The two organizations will work closely with MA plans in the VBID space to enhance patient satisfaction and quality, extend hospice stays and broaden access to both palliative and hospice care, she said. The hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) model is now in its third year. Recently, the U.S.

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Hospice News

APRIL 25, 2022

Hospices took their first steps into the value-based arena last year with the launch of a new component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demonstration. CMMI developed the demo to test offering hospice through MA.

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Hospice News

MARCH 5, 2024

You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! The Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in will be carved back out by the end of this year. Many operators were glad to see it go, but the questions the demo sought to answer still linger. Citing “operational challenges,” the U.S. So I think, yes, absolutely.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Since then, he has sponsored a number of bills designed to improve the quality of hospice care as well as combat fraud in the space. He has co-led a number of bipartisan initiatives to improve program integrity within the Medicare Hospice Benefit, often in partnership with Van Duyne. Tammy Baldwin, Shelly Moore Capito Sens.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 1, 2024

The agency this year also unveiled the Making Care Primary (MC) model, which will launch in July 2024 in eight states — Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Washington. The agency intends for the 10-year demo to expand and enhance care management and care coordination.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 14, 2022

So far half of the palliative care consults that we’ve been asked to provide have converted to hospice care. We have started in skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, and we have done some home-based palliative care. I know that demo just finished and all the data are being analyzed.

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Hospice News

APRIL 4, 2024

Collaborations with participants in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Primary Care Flex demo could allow hospices to leverage their skill sets to access more patients. Hospices and palliative care providers can come to ACOs by two main avenues.

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