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CMS Extends Hospice VBID Through 2030

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is extending the value-based insurance design demonstration for calendar years 2025 to 2030, including the hospice component. While some hospice leaders question the value of the program, others have greeted the demo with more enthusiasm. This entire Medicare Advantage.

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CMMI Deputy Director Ellen Lukens: CMS to Take Multifaceted Approach to Palliative Care

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This could include demos that fuse palliative care into Accountable Care Organization (ACO) or primary care programs, among others. “In The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is considering a broad spectrum of payment models that could integrate palliative care.

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CMS to Sunset Hospice VBID in 2024

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The hospice component, which launched in 2021, is part of the larger VBID demonstration, which covers a wider breadth of the health care continuum and is slated to continue until 2030. One contributing factor was that eligibility requirements can differ from plan to plan. NHPCO voiced concerns about the program as recently as last month.

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4 Key Trends for Hospices to Watch in 2024

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1, 2024 and is expected to proceed through 2030. While the ultimate outcome of the demo remains to be seen, many in the space expect that in time MA will become more involved in hospice. CMS has signaled its intention to align every Medicare beneficiary with a value-based or accountable care payment system by 2030.

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Hospices Get Creative to Succeed in VBID

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the demo through 2030. Often called the Medicare Advantage carve-in, the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) model is now in its third year. Recently, the U.S. Recent research has shown that hospice care reduces Medicare’s costs by nearly $3.5

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Compassus, VNS Health Team Up to Manage End-of-Life Care for Medicare Advantage Payers

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the demo through 2030. Compassus and VNS Health have formed a value-based collaboration aimed at improving access, awareness and quality of hospice and palliative care services. It certainly is a value-based collaboration,” Holland told Hospice News. Recently, the U.S.

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SCAN Health Plan CEO Sachin Jain: Don’t Lose Sight of Patients in the Quest for Value

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This includes a January article in the journal Health Affairs by senior CMS leadership, in which they pledged to ensure that 100% of Medicare beneficiaries would be covered through a value-based model by 2030. CMMI developed the demo to test offering hospice through MA.

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