Hospice News November 6, 2024
Jim Parker

U.S. health care is moving steadily towards value-based reimbursement, and having a robust palliative care program can help hospices ensure they are not left behind.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is working to ensure that 100% of Medicare beneficiaries are aligned with a risk-based payment model by 2030. This can include Medicare Advantage and Accountable Care Organization (ACOs) programs.

With hospice reimbursement confined to the traditional Medicare benefit, a palliative care program is a likely entry point for those providers to access value-based reimbursement, Sue Lynn Schramm, a partner of the hospice and palliative care consulting company Confidis, LLC, said in a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Annual Leadership Conference.

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