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Research: Patient Assessment Initiatives Boost Palliative Care Referrals in Cancer Centers

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“Our staff nurses [had previously] reported difficulty identifying patients in need of palliative care and articulating those needs to providers,” Hellman told Oncology Nursing News. The Identification of Patients in Need of Palliative Care, or ID-PALL, is a patient screening tool that does not require detailed medical information.

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CMS Extends Hospice VBID Through 2030

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The hospice component of VBID, also called the MA carve-in, launched in 2021 and was originally slated to complete after four years. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is extending the value-based insurance design demonstration for calendar years 2025 to 2030, including the hospice component.

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

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The Medicare Advantage program grew 8% between 2021 and 2022 — about 2.2 The program launched in 2021, coinciding with the height of the pandemic. To date, the agency has indicated that hospice patients aligned with VBID will be able to receive some level of concurrent curative care. Total Medicare enrollment hit 58.6

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Why CMS Extended VBID, MA Hospice Carve-In

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) decision to extend the value-based insurance design (VBID) model through 2030: patients’ social needs, health equity and improved care coordination. Originally set to run between 2021 and 2024, CMS indicated yesterday that it would invest five additional years in the demonstration.

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Hosparus Cuts Ribbon on $1.7M Community Center

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We remain committed to ensuring everyone has access to care when they need it the most.” . Hosparus’ Green River office cared for 486 hospice patients in 2021 throughout its 1,600-square-mile, five-county region. The organization expects a continued rise in demand as the local population ages.

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Frontline Hospice Staff Need to Understand New CMS Survey Methods

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The changes in a nutshell CMS in 2021 announced revisions to its survey process to emphasize what the agency considers to be four core Conditions of Participation (COPs) — those most associated with the quality of care and services provided directly to the patient.

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Acadian Health Expands Services in Texas

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Acadian Health’s mobile community-based services include acute care for recently hospitalized non-emergency patients, as well as at-home hospital care for critically ill patients that require 24/7 monitoring as well as advanced diagnostic services. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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