Hospice News
MAY 28, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in March issued its 2025 proposed hospice rule, which if finalized would include a 2.6% Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in March issued its 2025 proposed hospice rule, which if finalized would include a 2.6% For example, for FY 2022, the agency used 2018 data. “We
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
For the time being, Medicare Advantage may be providers’ best bet for palliative care reimbursement. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also allows Medicare Advantage plans to cover palliative care as a supplemental benefit. This year, the number of MA plans swelled to 3,998 nationwide, up 6% from 2022.
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Hospice News
APRIL 10, 2024
The Medicare Hospice Benefit could use an “upgrade” to ensure greater flexibility that may be necessary to fully support patients’ needs. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should consider is retiring the six-month terminal prognosis requirement and allowing for some concurrent care, Wallace and Wladkowski indicated.
Hospice News
MAY 3, 2023
Federal regulators are cracking down on the private insurers that administer Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. In 2022, 147 plans offered home-based palliative care across 17 states, a 7% increase in the number of plans compared to the prior year. based research and consulting firm ATI Advisory. trillion and reported total profits of $69.3
Hospice News
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Aetna remains focused on providing benefits and services to help our members age in the place that is best for them – whether that is with caregivers or without, in a family home or in a senior living community,” Terri Swanson, president of Medicare for Aetna, told Hospice News in an email. “We
Hospice News
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Since at least 2022, Contessa has been pursuing palliative care reimbursement through Medicare Advantage. Earlier this year, the Amedisys subsidiary entered into its first full-risk Medicare Advantage contract to include palliative care with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee. based research and consulting firm ATI Advisory. “I
Hospice News
MAY 1, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ value-based insurance design (VBID) model has largely been met with a sense of relief by providers as they plan new initiatives for palliative care in 2025. The impending demise of the hospice component of U.S. That problem was mirrored in the environment outside of the program.
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