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

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Through the collaboration, VNS Health and Compassus will help MA health plans to manage patient populations within the hospice component of VBID, often called the hospice carve-in. Compassus’ role will largely involve providing community-based palliative and hospice support for patients in MA VBID health plans, he said.

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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.

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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. Some providers have said they perceive a movement towards MA as a threat to the current hospice benefit. Sachin Jain , California-based SCAN Health Plan is a $4.3

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