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Payer Partnerships ‘Critical’ in VBID: Ohio’s Hospice, Pure Healthcare Contract with Aetna

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CVS Health Corporation (NYSE: CVS) subsidiary Aetna has selected Ohio’s Hospice and Pure Healthcare as part of the insurance company’s hospice and palliative care preferred provider network for Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) in the Buckeye State. “This would allow for greater flexibility than the current Medicare model provides.”

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Big data: How does it affect my home care agency?

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One of the most used technology buzzword affecting the healthcare industry today is “Big Data.” Big data is being talked about more and is all the rage in the technology world, but what does it mean for home healthcare? If you haven’t implemented a home care software solution, research the AlayaCare platform in a demo.

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Hospices Welcome VBID’s Demise, But Questions Remain

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Many operators were glad to see it go, but the questions the demo sought to answer still linger. ” – The National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), in a statement A call to action “I applaud CMS for listening to consumers, providers and plans and ending the hospice carve-in. So I think, yes, absolutely.

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How The Right Hiring Software Can Help Your Healthcare Agency

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To say that your healthcare agency has enough to worry about at the moment is likely an understatement. Hireology surveyed healthcare professionals that had recently taken a new job, and 70% of respondents said they were given the opportunity to review and complete onboarding materials digitally before their first day.

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Androscoggin CEO: Modernization of the Hospice Benefit is Coming With VBID

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First, participation in the four-year demo is voluntary for payers and providers. Modernization [and] change of the hospice benefit is coming at us right now, with the Medicare Advantage [value-based insurance design (VBID) model],” Albert said during the conference. Secondly, CMS has limited the program to certain markets.

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Payers to Hospices: Don’t Wait to Start Working with MA Plans

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About A total of 9,630 VBID beneficiaries received hospice care through the VBID demo in 2021, and 525 utilized the program’s supplemental benefits, according to a report from the RAND Corporation prepared for CMS. The program launched in 2021, coinciding with the height of the pandemic. Participation was small in year one.

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CMMI Working on Payment Models That Include Palliative Care

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I’m optimistic that we see some progress and potential closure on the formalization of a community-based palliative care demo,” Nick Westfall, CEO of Chemed (NYSE: CHEM) subsidiary VITAS Healthcare, told Hospice News earlier this year. “As