503. Medicare Advantage: Hospice VBID is proudly presented to you by National Association for Home Care & Hospice. Thank you. We hope that you enjoy your course.
Description
The Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Hospice Benefit Component demonstration entered Phase 3 January 2023. Most MA Organizations have chosen to volunteer participation for at least some of their MA Plan Packages, which makes Hospice care among their benefit offerings. The four-year demonstration program started in January 2021 and has grown in scope, but aspects of the model are changing over time. This session will provide insights into key elements of the model, including various hospice providers’ experience under the model, key considerations related to contracting with MA plans as an in-network hospice provider and what providers that are out of network must consider. The demonstration has released the first annual report and the results will be reviewed in this session.
Learning Objectives
• Identify key elements of the MA-VBID Hospice Benefit Component
Model, including additional supplemental benefits offered
• Discuss changes to the model over the years in which it has operated
• Explain key components for consideration when hospices are making
decisions around potential contracting with MA plans as an in-network
provider of services.
• Detail elements from the 1st Annual Report that may impact the future of
the hospice benefit being paid for by Medicare Advantage.
Faculty:
Jordan Holland MBA
Ted Cuppett CPA
Theresa Forster
Nursing 1.6 Contact Hours awarded.
Nursing Contact Hours for this module will expire on July 16, 2025.