Hospice News
JUNE 28, 2023
When deployed at scale, palliative care can help achieve many of the health care systems current goals, including reduced costs, improved patient satisfaction and quality of life. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) takes a multifaceted approach to further palliative care integration.
Hospice News
APRIL 9, 2024
Reimbursement for community-based palliative care is gaining ground in the Medicare Advantage realm. Palliative care is among the wide range of supplemental benefits that exist within the Medicare Advantage payment landscape.
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Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
For the time being, Medicare Advantage may be providers’ best bet for palliative care reimbursement. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also allows Medicare Advantage plans to cover palliative care as a supplemental benefit.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
A moving target in palliative care delivery is whether or not these services should have a dedicated benefit in the Medicare system. Part of this question in palliative care is asking whether we are okay with the diversity of models. What we’ve seen grow is the interest in now defining a model for palliative care.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Palliative care providers that form collaborative partnerships with Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) may be lending to a landmark downward trend in health care spending in the value-based payment landscape. Lowentritt is also senior medical director of Aledade, a network of ACO primary care organizations.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 3, 2024
The house call provider Bloom Healthcare has leveraged its integrated palliative-primary care model to achieve substantial reductions in hospitalizations and health care costs. Where does palliative care fit into the model? We have Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles, Medicare Advantage, Medicare fee-for-service.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Aetna, a subsidiary of CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), is leveraging a series of new benefits that, coupled with existing palliative care programs and ongoing hospice payment demonstrations, promise to keep patients in their homes and out of facilities. Patients can access palliative care through a number of inroads.
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