2022 Care coordination Hospice care Medicare 
Hospice News
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Vast disparities in hospice utilization exist among some groups and demographics. Combined, Asians, African Americans and Hispanics in 2018 represented only 20% of Medicare hospice patients, while the remaining 80% were Caucasian, according NHPCO. Palliative Care Providers Hitting Walls in Value-Based Reimbursement.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Over time, Medicare Advantage plans will likely have a greater presence as hospice payers, and now is the time for providers to build relationships those organizations. Originally slated to end in 2024, CMS recently extended the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) to 2023. SCAN is a $4.3
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Hospice News
MARCH 23, 2023
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is extending the value-based insurance design demonstration for calendar years 2025 to 2030, including the hospice component. The hospice component of VBID, also called the MA carve-in, launched in 2021 and was originally slated to complete after four years. It makes sense.
Hospice News
APRIL 4, 2024
Collaborations with participants in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Primary Care Flex demo could allow hospices to leverage their skill sets to access more patients. Hospices and palliative care providers can come to ACOs by two main avenues.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 20, 2022
SCAN Health Plan is among the Medicare Advantage (MA) payers entering the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) payment demonstration in 2023. The four-year program — often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in — launched Jan. This number grew to 115 in 2022.
Hospice News
MAY 24, 2023
“We want to be much more flexible in terms of being able to triage people to the right level of care, and not just accessing palliative care to fill a gap for a short period of time.” These are often offered as part of specialized managed care programs. Patient eligibility criteria also fluctuate across state Medicaid lines.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 13, 2022
A coalition of hospice industry organizations recently urged the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to examine the issue and to consider actions like targeted moratoria on licenses. The agency will also implement a hospice program complaint hotline through which the public can report issues to CMS.
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