The Changing Landscape of Advanced Illness and Palliative Care is proudly presented to you by National Association for Home Care & Hospice. Thank you. We hope that you enjoy your course.
Policymakers, payers and providers have taken deliberate steps to advance our health system’s response to the care needs of people with advanced illness. These interventions include use of existing Part A and B benefits to deliver palliative care, the provision of palliative care as a supplemental benefit under Medicare Advantage (MA), and demonstration projects that include the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) and a physician-based palliative care model. This session will explore key developments in this changing landscape, their potential and implications.
Learning Outcomes:
• Describe efforts to deliver palliative care services under existing Medicare fee-for-service benefits;
• Discuss challenges and potential opportunities under the MCCM and a physician-based palliative care model; and
• Examine initial efforts to offer palliative care services as a supplemental benefit under the MA program.
Faculty:
Julia Maroney, RN, MHSA
Patricia O'Brien