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MCCM Participation Barriers Hamper Demo

Published on Fri Oct 19, 2018

One-quarter of demo hospice agencies have withdrawn. The findings of a new evaluation report on Medicare’s concurrent care hospice demonstration project are no surprise to most in the industry. Hospices “successfully implemented” the Medicare Care Choices Model, which allows hospice-eligible beneficiaries to receive care from hospices while still seeking curative care. “But enrollment was lower than expected,” demo contractor Abt [...]
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