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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 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. The bill’s sponsors include Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), John Barrasso (R-Wy.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.).

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

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The agency intends for the 10-year demo to expand and enhance care management and care coordination. The post New CMMI Primary Care Demo Could Pave Way for Hospice, Palliative Partnerships appeared first on Hospice News. This could include partnerships with hospice and palliative care clinicians.

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

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This could include demos that fuse palliative care into Accountable Care Organization (ACO) or primary care programs, among others, Ellen Lukens, deputy director of CMMI said at the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference in Washington D.C. “In caregiver education and support), and help with shared decision-making.”

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CMMI Working on Payment Models That Include Palliative Care

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I’m optimistic that we see some progress and potential closure on the formalization of a community-based palliative care demo,” Nick Westfall, CEO of Chemed (NYSE: CHEM) subsidiary VITAS Healthcare, told Hospice News earlier this year. “I’m 31, 2021, according to a new CMMI white paper. To date, the U.S.

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How Palliative Care Generates Savings, Boosts Hospice Utilization

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Among those demos is the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM), which ran between 2016 and 2021. Cost savings in MCCM The MCCM demo found that access to community-based palliative care can significantly drive down hospitalizations and emergency department visits, as well as related costs. An analysis from the U.S.

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The Opportunity for Palliative Care in ACO Flex

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Collaborating with ACO Flex Model participants could enable palliative care operators to utilize their unique skill sets to reach more patients. The role of a palliative care provider is crucial in this model. While the model is primary care focused, the target goal is to bring low revenue models into value-based care arrangements,” Hochberg said.