Medicare Care Choices Model
NAHC Submits Hospice, Palliative Care Recommendations for HCBS
Medicaid coverage of home and community-based services (HCBS) is, by far, the leading source of support for health care in the home for millions of individuals with disabilities and infirmities of all kinds. This important area of health care has received notable focus in recent months, including as part of President Biden’s “Build Back Better” […]
Read MoreCMS Announces Further Delay of Primary Care First-Seriously Ill Population Model
Geographic Direct Contracting Model also under review On Friday, March 5, with little fanfare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a further delay of its Primary Care First-Seriously Ill Population (PCF-SIP) physician payment model, a component of the PCF that has been closely followed by the hospice and palliative care community. PCF-SIP […]
Read MoreThird Evaluation of Medicare Care Choices Model Finds High Satisfaction and Savings
Last month the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its third annual report evaluating findings of the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM). Broadly speaking, the evaluation indicates that the model holds great promise – beneficiaries enrolled in the model were 20 percent more likely to enroll in hospice and entered hospice one week […]
Read MoreCMS’ Verma Marks 2nd Anniversary of Patients over Paperwork Initiative with Listening Session
NAHC shares recommendations as part of stakeholder sessions On October 29, 2019, Administrator Seema Verma celebrated the second anniversary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) signature Patients Over Paperwork (PoP) initiative by hosting an event that marked progress made to date with addresses by Verma, CMS staff and provider representatives. In the […]
Read MoreMedicare Care Choices Model Evaluation Focuses on Implementation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a first annual report providing an Evaluation of the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM), along with a brief summary of the evaluation. In July 2015 CMS announced the names of more than 140 hospice programs selected to participate in the model, the goals of which […]
Read MoreCMS January 17 Open Door Forum Summary of Home Health, Hospice Issues
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held its January Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum on January 17, 2018, at which a number of home health and hospice issues were discussed. An Encore recording of the call is available until 5 p.m. Friday, January 19, by calling: 1-855-859-2056 and entering the […]
Read MoreNAHC Encourages Hospice Participation in CMS’ MCCM Survey
–CMS Conducting Outreach to 275 “Control” Hospices In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched phase one of the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) demonstration to test a new payment model under which eligible Medicare beneficiaries may receive select services from participating hospices while continuing to receive “curative” treatment for their terminal […]
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