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Hospices Get Creative to Succeed in VBID

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Hospices will need to leverage creativity to thrive in a Medicare Advantage reimbursement environment. Often called the Medicare Advantage carve-in, the hospice component of the value-based insurance design (VBID) model is now in its third year. Recently, the U.S. billion, Davis indicated.

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GAO Calls on CMS to Assess Telehealth Quality, Develop Billing Codes

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should implement billing codes and quality assessments for telehealth services, according to new recommendations from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Now, stakeholders are looking at what should be done in the long term.