Industry Notes:
Hospice VBID Report Indicates Full Steam Ahead
Published on Fri Oct 20, 2023
Use of in-network hospices is growing. Hospices hoping that early problems with the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design model’s hospice carve-in would scuttle the program will be disappointed with Medicare’s evaluation of the program’s second year. Why? “The Hospice Benefit component was not associated with changes in hospice enrollment or care patterns in 2021,” notes the Centers for Medicare & [...]