Hospice News
MAY 10, 2024
House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to markup a new bill that would extend those flexibilities through the end of 2026. Patients with advanced cancer prefer to receive palliative care via telehealth rather than visiting a clinic, a recent study has found. Since then, virtual services have boomed.
Hospice News
MAY 8, 2024
A bill currently before Congress would extend through 2026 regulatory flexibilities related to telehealth, including the ability to recertify patients for hospice care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), they would not be able to recertify via telehealth. It also includes some exceptions. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)
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Hospice News
OCTOBER 9, 2023
More Medicare Advantage organizations are developing customized plans for patients with special needs, including for those who may need palliative care or are nearing the end of life. The move preempts new policies by the Biden Administration that do not take effect until 2026.
Hospice News
MAY 13, 2024
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allowed hospices to perform routine home care visits virtually, as well as face-to-face recertification visits. A bill recently introduced to Congress proposed to extend these telehealth flexibilities until 2026. During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the U.S.
Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation is currently testing coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage through the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) program. Often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in, the program is more than halfway through its second year. The path forward is value-based care.”.
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. I feel also signals that they’re probably not going to roll out mandatory [participation] as they were expecting to, we’ve heard, in 2026, potentially.”
NHPCO
APRIL 28, 2023
For Immediate Release April 28, 2023 (Alexandria, VA) – Earlier this month, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) published details on the extension of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model that may have significant implications for hospice care going forward.
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