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

Hospice News

Jain initially voiced these concerns in an April 12 article in Forbes , but elaborated in a subsequent interview with Hospice News. Effective execution on value-based principles is taking on new importance for hospice providers, which for most of their history have received payment almost entirely through a dedicated Medicare benefit.

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Key Trend for Hospices to Watch: Managed Care Becomes a Juggernaut

Hospice News

Though hospices operate within the dedicated Medicare benefit, market forces in the system at large wield considerable influence on how they operate — including the meteoric rise of managed care. This is the second of three articles that will explore some of these trends. However, thus far, reactions to the demo have been mixed.

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