“Hugely Disruptive” Value-Based Payment Models Shaping the Future of Hospice, Serious Illness Care

Questions abound about the potential long-term impacts of the value-based insurance design (VBID) demonstration, known as the Medicare Advantage (MA) hospice carve-in. As the program approaches its second year, hospice and palliative care providers are asking questions about the delivery, setting and future outlook for their industries. The carve-in started small in 2021, but this […]

Forthcoming Legislation Seeks to Delay Medicare Advantage Hospice Carve-In

Legislation will likely be forthcoming in Congress this week or next to delay implementation of the value-based insurance design (VBID) model demonstration project, commonly called the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in. If enacted, the bill would move the program’s start date to 2023.  Currently, the carve-in is slated to begin Jan. 1, 2021. While hospice industry […]