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NAHC Comments to CMS Call for Important Changes to Proposed Rule
“It is highly unlikely that home healthcare delivery in 2022 will be anything comparable to care delivery in 2020.” – NAHC The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has filed comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the CY2022 proposed rule, calling for no substantial changes to the PDGM payment […]
Read MoreCMS Issues Guidance on Determining Hospice Beneficiary Enrollment in MA VBID Hospice Model for CY2022
CMS Orders Systems Changes to Identify Hospice Patients in the Model In calendar year 2022 (CY2022), the Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-based Insurance Model (VBID) Hospice Component demonstration model – under which the hospice benefit is included as part of the MA benefit package — will enter its second year of operation and it is believed he […]
Read MoreCMS Encourages Hospices to Submit Notice of Election Electronically
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is encouraging hospices to submit notices of election (NOE) through electronic data interchange (EDI). One of the main advantages to hospices of filing electronically is that it reduces, and potentially eliminates problems with NOEs that result from keying errors during the Direct Data Entry (DDE) process. Electronically […]
Read MoreNew FAQ for Hospice Benefit Component of the Value-Based Insurance Design Model
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) has posted a new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document as an additional resource for the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model’s Hospice Benefit Component. This FAQ document can be found on the Model website and provides answers to questions on claims and billing, networks and contracting, appeals and grievances, and […]
Read MoreWebinar on the 2022 Payment Design of the Hospice Benefit Component of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model
The Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model team will host a webinar on March 17, 2021 from 4:00-5:oo PM ET. During this webinar, presenters will provide a review of the Calendar Year 2022 payment design related to the Hospice Benefit Component of the VBID Model. This session will also offer attendees an opportunity to ask follow-up […]
Read MoreFebruary Office Hours for the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model
The Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model team will host its monthly office hours to provide technical and operational support on the VBID Model, the Hospice Benefit Component and the 2022 application cycle. During this office hour session, presenters will answer questions received in advance to the VBID Mailbox and also offer attendees an opportunity to […]
Read MoreCMS Webinar: 2022 Requests for Applications for VBID Model and Hospice Benefit Component
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model team will host a webinar, 2022 Requests for Applications for VBID Model and Hospice Benefit Component, on Thursday, January 28, 2021 from 4-5 PM ET. The webinar was originally scheduled for Thursday, January 14, 2021, but was delayed. During this webinar, […]
Read MoreHospice MA VBID Demonstration Reminders: Forthcoming Webinar and More
See important info about the Private Duty Home Care at NAHC Winter Leadership Summit at the end of this article! The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Innovation Center’s Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model team will host its monthly office hours to provide technical and operational support to interested stakeholders. This office hours session […]
Read MoreNAHC Urges CMS, CMMI to Delay Hospice VBID Implementation
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has written to Seema Verma, the Administrator of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Brad Smith, the Director of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to urge them to mplement a one-year delay of the Hospice Component of the Medicare Advantage VBID Demonstration […]
Read MoreCMS to Provide Support for CY2021 VBID Hospice Benefit Component
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center’s Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model team will host its monthly office hours to provide technical and operational support to interested stakeholders. During office hours, presenters will answer questions received in advance to the VBID Mailbox and also offer attendees an opportunity to ask additional questions. […]
Read MoreCMS Establishes Resource Page for Medicare Advantage-Hospice Demo Model
In an effort to assist stakeholders track information related to the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model that will incorporate the hospice benefit beginning in January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has created a special online resource page for the model – the VBID Model Hospice Benefit Component Overview page – […]
Read MoreCMS Issues Technical/Operational Guidance for MA-Hospice Demonstration Model (Part 2 of 2)
Read part 1 of this article published in NAHC Report yesterday. Also see this article about CMS VBID webinars. In recent days, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued “Value-Based Insurance Design Model (VBID): Hospice Benefit Component, Calendar Year 2021 Technical and Operational Guidance,” (Technical Guidance) containing supplemental technical guidance for both VBID […]
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