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CMMI Analysis: Palliative Care Reduces Medicare Costs, Improve Patient Satisfaction

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Despite this potential, existing programs hit barriers created by misconceptions about palliative care among referring physicians, as well as health equity concerns, among others, according to an analysts of four payment model demonstrations carried out by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation.

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New Senate Bill Would Create CMMI Palliative Care Demo

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senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that would direct the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to develop a palliative care-specific payment model demonstration. Additionally, some Medicare Advantage plans offer palliative care as a supplemental benefit. The bill’s sponsors include Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.),

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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 Hospital systems are right behind them with 34%, CAPC found.

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New CMMI Primary Care Demo Could Pave Way for Hospice, Palliative Partnerships

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has 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. This could include partnerships with hospice and palliative care clinicians.

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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. They also were more likely to eventually accept the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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How Palliative Care Generates Savings, Boosts Hospice Utilization

Hospice News

Among those demos is the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM), which ran between 2016 and 2021. Community-based palliative care has the potential to improve end-of-life care and Medicare program costs.” An analysis from the U.S.

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The Opportunity for Palliative Care in ACO Flex

Hospice News

1, 2025, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center will begin implementing a payment model for primary care known as the Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) Primary Care Flex Model under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The role of a palliative care provider is crucial in this model.