Hospice News August 14, 2020
Hospices need to take a sharp look at their quality indicators to successfully work with Medicare Advantage Plans. Efforts to boost Hospice Compare star ratings and patient and family satisfaction scores will be essential when the hospice demonstration of the value-based insurance design model begins in 2021, often referred to as the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in.
This according to SCAN Health Plan CEO Sachin Jain, M.D., who spoke at Hospice News Virtual Summit on Value-Based Care Strategies for Hospice and Palliative Care. SCAN Health Plan, a nonprofit Medicare Advantage plan, covers more than 220,000 beneficiaries. The plan expects to participate in the carve-in beginning in 2022, Jain told Hospice News.
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