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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. The demonstration marks the first major step for hospices into the value-based care arena. While some hospice leaders question the value of the program, others have greeted the demo with more enthusiasm.

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Is your agency keeping up with home care technology?

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Technology specifically is revolutionizing home care. home care tech trends may be challenging, but it is necessary in order for agencies to strengthen and grow; and more importantly for providing better patient outcomes. home care technology ? request a demo ?today. Keeping up with ever-changing?home

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Is your agency keeping up with home care technology?

AlayaCare

Technology specifically is revolutionizing home care. Keeping up with ever-changing home care tech trends may be challenging, but it is necessary in order for agencies to strengthen and grow; and more importantly for providing better patient outcomes. If you’re looking to become an industry leader,  request a demo  today.

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How Palliative Care Generates Savings, Boosts Hospice Utilization

Hospice News

Past payment model demonstrations that included community-based palliative care offer a window into how these services could generate cost savings and improved quality. Among those demos is the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM), which ran between 2016 and 2021. An analysis from the U.S.

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CMS to Sunset Hospice VBID in 2024

Hospice News

Often called the “hospice carve-in,” the program was designed to test coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage, in addition to some coverage of palliative care and transitional care. Many providers saw it as a threat to the traditional Medicare benefit, with some arguing that CMS should “fix what isn’t broken.”

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Hospice VBID: Understanding the 2023 Program Modifications

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For the final two years of the program, payers will have more leeway when it comes to payment rates and patient access to hospice providers outside of their health plan’s network, according to Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). “It’s We need to be in-network.”.

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How to Convince Your Manager to Consider New Home Care Software

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One doesn’t need to be a chief officer, a director or even a manager to be able to spot deficiencies at a home care agency – and see how new technology could help correct them. These days, a digital transformation in home care has taken on vast new meaning. It Can Help Demand. It Can Cover All of Your Needs.

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