Hospice News July 8, 2024
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) has launched the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) payment model with close to 400 participating organizations, including many palliative care providers.
The CMS Innovation Center announced the GUIDE demonstration in July 2023. The payment model is designed to improve quality of life for dementia patients and their caregivers by addressing care coordination, behavioral health and functional needs.
Participation in the GUIDE model has expanded since its birth, CMS reported in a press release on Monday. Nearly 400 health care organizations are developing Dementia Care Programs (DCPs) to potentially serve hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries nationwide, the agency stated.
“DCPs represent a wide range of health care providers, including large...
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