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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. The agency is also releasing applications for participation for eligible Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) for calendar year 2024. It makes sense.

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Hospice Market to Nearly Double by 2030; Palliative Care to See Large Gains

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billion by 2030, a rise from $34.5 The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation is currently testing coverage of hospice care through Medicare Advantage with the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) program. Often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in, the program is reaching the close of its second year.

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Medicare Part A to Run Deficit in 2028, Two Years Later than Expected

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The Medicare Part A trust fund is still on track to run short of money before the decade is out, but not as quickly as previously anticipated. By 2028, Medicare would have sufficient dollars to cover 90% of Medicare expenses. Annual raises in reimbursement and Medicare residual costs spurred the higher rate of increase.

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

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The two home-based care organizations are joining forces in a Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model partnership. I think Medicare Advantage plans have the same charge and want the same things. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the demo through 2030. Recently, the U.S.

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CMS to Sunset Hospice VBID in 2024

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will end the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID) as of Dec. 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.

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Understanding the ACO Opportunity For Hospices

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Though the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in is going away at the end of this year, those operators still have a role to play in value-based care. The program was designed to test hospice coverage through Medicare Advantage (MA). Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5 Many ACOs, for example, participate in the U.S

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Health Plan Participation in Hospice VBID to Shrink in 2024

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For calendar year 2024, 13 Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) will participate in the program’s hospice component, providing coverage through 78 health plans in 19 states. The hospice portion, often called the Medicare Advantage carve-in, is one component of the larger VBID demonstration that includes providers from across the continuum.

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