Hospice News November 29, 2022
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has set its sights on the long-term expansion of value-based reimbursement, as well as advancing health equity. Going forward, this could mean greater collaboration with private-sector payers and providers.
Also on the table is the question of how to meet the needs of Medicare beneficiaries who increasingly seek to receive care in their homes, according to Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Director Elizabeth Fowler.
“In our minds, what we define as an ideal health system is one that achieves equitable outcomes through high quality, affordable person-centered care,” Fowler said at the recent HLTH Conference in Las Vegas. “For patients, that means receiving care in the home if that’s where...