Hospice News January 22, 2021
Beneficiaries participating in Medicare Advantage give high ratings to the coverage and services they receive, with as many as 98% reporting satisfaction, according to a recent Better Medicare Alliance poll. This feedback comes shortly after the Jan. 1 inception of the value-based insurance design demonstration, often called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in.
Payers and hospice providers now have the option to participate in the demonstration, which according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is intended to increase access to hospice services and facilitate better coordination between patients’ hospice providers and their other clinicians.
“In a global health care emergency that has laid bare deep, persisting challenges in health care, we saw beneficiaries’ satisfaction with Medicare Advantage...