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Compassus, VNS Health Team Up to Manage End-of-Life Care for Medicare Advantage Payers

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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. Recently, the U.S.

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Palliative Care Increasingly Important in Value-Based Landscape

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As value-based reimbursement expands, palliative care will become increasingly important when it comes to improving outcomes and reducing costs. Primarily, Medicare reimburses for palliative care through fee-for-service payment programs that cover physician and licensed independent practitioner services.

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Value-Based Care: What Hospices Can Learn from Home Health Companies

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Home health value-based purchasing Home health providers have two primary inroads to value-based care — HHVBP and Medicare Advantage. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) kicked off the HHVBP demonstration on Jan. But this would likely change in the long run should the demo become a permanent model.

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