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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 organizations’ similar approaches to end-of-life care delivery and quality improvement were a large part of the “genesis” that brought them together, according to Jordan Holland, vice president of value-based contracting at Compassus. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) extended the demo through 2030.

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Hospices Welcome VBID’s Demise, But Questions Remain

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You can subscribe to Palliative Care News here: Subscribe today! The Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in will be carved back out by the end of this year. Many operators were glad to see it go, but the questions the demo sought to answer still linger. Citing “operational challenges,” the U.S. So I think, yes, absolutely.

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CMMI Working on Payment Models That Include Palliative Care

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MCCM beneficiaries ultimately appeared to have received better-quality end-of-life care according to established quality measures, such as spending more days at home at the end of life,” CMMI authors wrote in a report attached to the paper.

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Why SCAN Health Plan Will Enter Hospice VBID in 2023

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The main opportunity is to ensure continuity of care for our members from primary care to end-of-life care. Others have been more optimistic about the demo, saying that the program will give them access to a larger pool of patients as rising numbers of Medicare beneficiaries gravitate towards MA.

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