Hospice News
JUNE 30, 2023
New legislation is leading some hospices to consider what a potential community-based palliative care payment demo would mean for them — as well as what it would look like. To date, lagging reimbursement has been a barrier to home-based serious illness care, he said. “A Hospital systems are right behind them with 34%, CAPC found.
Hospice News
JUNE 8, 2023
senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that would direct the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to develop a palliative care-specific payment model demonstration. The bill’s sponsors include Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), John Barrasso (R-Wy.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.).
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Hospice News
JUNE 9, 2023
The agency intends for the 10-year demo to expand and enhance care management and care coordination. The post New CMMI Primary Care Demo Could Pave Way for Hospice, Palliative Partnerships appeared first on Hospice News. This could include partnerships with hospice and palliative care clinicians.
Hospice News
AUGUST 14, 2023
Among those demos is the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM), which ran between 2016 and 2021. Cost savings in MCCM The MCCM demo found that access to community-based palliative care can significantly drive down hospitalizations and emergency department visits, as well as related costs. An analysis from the U.S.
Hospice News
JUNE 28, 2023
This could include demos that fuse palliative care into Accountable Care Organization (ACO) or primary care programs, among others, Ellen Lukens, deputy director of CMMI said at the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference in Washington D.C. “In caregiver education and support), and help with shared decision-making.”
Hospice News
OCTOBER 27, 2023
As far as CMMI’s pipeline of payment demos, similar to GUIDE, palliative care providers can anticipate more value-based models that are “focused on specific health conditions,” Rawal said. In addition to GUIDE, other current CMMI demos include the Kidney Care Choices and Enhancing Oncology models.
Hospice News
JULY 5, 2023
Palliative care is also integrated into the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demo, often called the Medicare Advantage carve-in. Palliative care is also integrated into the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demo, often called the Medicare Advantage carve-in. “We’re
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