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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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How Palliative Care Generates Savings, Boosts Hospice Utilization

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Past payment model demonstrations that included community-based palliative care offer a window into how these services could generate cost savings and improved quality. Among those demos is the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM), which ran between 2016 and 2021.

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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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How Former President Carter Helped Shape Hospice Care

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The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) convened a group of hospice leaders at Times Square in New York City to commemorate Carter’s hospice experience. Some hospice executives have said they believe that his example will prompt more Americans to learn more about this form of end-of-life care.

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CMS Report: Concurrent Hospice, Curative Care a Winning Proposition

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But for the past four years, a lesser-known payment model demo, the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM), has been hitting every target — reducing costs, improving quality and family satisfaction and keeping patients in their homes. The U.S. “Our

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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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