End-of-life care Medicare Palliate 
Hospice News
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Leading concerns in the industry include the bill’s suggested regulatory reforms to address program integrity in the hospice industry, along with potential changes to reimbursement, caregiver support and palliative care payment pathways. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) introduced the Hospice CARE Act last month.
Hospice News
JUNE 26, 2024
Development of the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act has signaled that a wave of change may be on the horizon in end-of-life care delivery – including how patients are certified to receive these services. The area of end-of-life care was ripe for a pilot project.
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Hospice News
JUNE 6, 2023
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.
Hospice News
JULY 13, 2023
This is the first of a two-part service that will detail key findings from recent research on hospice care, featuring numbers that could influence they ways hospices communicate and operate. Hospices’ cost-savings potential A study published in March revealed that hospice saved Medicare roughly $3.5
Hospice News
MARCH 22, 2023
All told, hospice care — regardless of length of stay — saves Medicare approximately $3.5 billion for patients in their last year of life, a 3.1% Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. The post Longer Hospice Stays Lead to Larger Medicare Cost Savings appeared first on Hospice News.
Hospice News
AUGUST 20, 2024
New York state’s new Center for Hospice and Palliative Care recently launched with an aim to increase utilization and goal-concordant outcomes among swelling aging populations in the Empire State. Kathy Hochul approved a bill designed to expand awareness of advance care planning, hospice and palliative care.
Hospice News
JUNE 24, 2024
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). This fits nicely into palliative care.
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