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Hospices Get Creative to Succeed in VBID

Hospice News

Though its ultimate outcome remains uncertain, many stakeholders believe that, in the long term, hospices can expect more interaction with Medicare Advantage plans. Hospices have new evidence at their disposal to make this case. Recent research has shown that hospice care reduces Medicare’s costs by nearly $3.5

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Payers to Hospices: Don’t Wait to Start Working with MA Plans

Hospice News

Originally slated to end in 2024, CMS recently extended the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) to 2023. When it comes to hospice VBID, numbers from the program’s first year offer few clues for the 2023-2024 landscape. The program launched in 2021, coinciding with the height of the pandemic.

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