Modern Healthcare June 25, 2020
CMS’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation announced Thursday it will extend by one year its pilot program that allows hospices to bill for routine home care as well as end-of-life services under Medicare.
The Medicare Care Choices Model, which started in 2016, was set to conclude at the end of this year but the extension allows hospices to enroll beneficiaries to the program until June 30, 2021 and it will now conclude on December 31, 2021.
The CMMI has extended some of its models amid the COVID-19 pandemic including the Next Generation ACO model. CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the extensions and flexibilities are meant to ease regulatory burden on providers during...
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