Hospice News October 27, 2021
Questions abound about the potential long-term impacts of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demonstration, known as the Medicare Advantage (MA) hospice carve-in. As the program approaches its second year, hospice and palliative care providers are asking questions about the delivery, setting and future outlook for their industries.
The carve-in started small in 2021, but this is just the beginning of a four-year demonstration with parameters that will change over time, with the potential to reshape the hospice payment landscape, which has historically depended on the Medicare Hospice Benefit.
Hospices have honed services, expanded patient and referral outreach efforts, and revamped their approaches to payer partnership in preparation for the gradual shift to these risk- or performance-based models that also include...
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