Relevant to: Medicare Advantage Organizations
Beginning in calendar year (CY) 2021, within the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model’s Hospice Benefit Component, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is testing the impact on quality and program expenditures of incorporating the Medicare Part A hospice benefit into the Medicare Advantage (MA) program with the goal of creating a seamless continuum of care for Part A and Part B services. In voluntarily participating in this Model component