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

Hospice News

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. million beneficiaries.

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GAO Calls on CMS to Assess Telehealth Quality, Develop Billing Codes

Hospice News

Now, stakeholders are looking at what should be done in the long term. House of Representatives in July passed legislation to keep them in place through the end of 2024. Providers scrambled to integrate more telehealth into their programs on an emergency basis during the height of the pandemic.