Hospice News April 9, 2024
Reimbursement for community-based palliative care is gaining ground in the Medicare Advantage realm.
Palliative care is among the wide range of supplemental benefits that exist within the Medicare Advantage payment landscape. The diverse social, emotional and physical support services involved in community-based palliative care have made it an increasingly appealing area for MA plans when it comes to supporting a growing seriously ill aging population, according to Marian Grant, senior regulatory advisor at the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC).
“The definition of supplemental benefits has expanded [and] they specifically call out home-based palliative care as a perfect example of the kind of supplemental benefit that could be offered to people with serious illness,” Grant said at the American Academy...
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