Hospice News April 15, 2024
Jim Parker

Though the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in is going away at the end of this year, those operators still have a role to play in value-based care.

The carve-in, formally known as the hospice component of the value-based insurance design model (VBID), will expire on Dec. 31. The program was designed to test hospice coverage through Medicare Advantage (MA). Though this does not mean that MA will never be involved in hospice, for now, organizations like Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) may be providers’ best entry point into value-based systems.

Hospices can leverage their existing skill sets in end-of-life, palliative care and serious illness management to succeed in a value-based environment, Robin Stawasz, program development executive for Acclivity Health Solutions, said during...

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), Payment Models, Post-Acute Care, Provider, Value Based
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