This CMS Hospice Provider Webinar addresses what providers need to know bbout Calendar Year (CY) 2024. The agenda includes:
- Overview
- Hospice Benefit Component
- Returning Policies and Requirements for CY 2024
- CY 2024 Medicare Advantage Organization (MAO) Participants
- Billing and Claims Processes
- VBID Evaluation Report – Hospice Benefit Component
- Contacting the VBID Model Team
CMS webinar regarding the Making Care Primary (MCP) Application process and timeline.
CMS is partnering with state Medicaid agencies and other payers in MCP states to align MCP and state programs. While CMS is implementing MCP for Medicare beneficiaries, other payers are encouraged to partner with CMS to realize the goals and elements of improved primary care across all patients, including those covered by Medicaid, commercial, and other payers.
This webinar discusses the CMS payer partnership program for Makling Primary Care, the MCP model features, and next steps for payers interested in partnerships.
An Overview of Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Request for Applications (RFAs), Hospice Benefit Component Payment Methodology, and Application Process. The agenda includes:
Overview of VBID Model • What’s New for CY 2024? • CY 2024 Preliminary Hospice Benefit Component Payment Methodology • CY 2024 Application Timeline & Process • CMS Technical Assistance and Applicant Resources
The Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model team at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and the Administration of Community Living (ACL) led a discussion on how VBID flexibilities are being leveraged to improve equity in transportation access at our Health Equity Incubation Program webinar event held on Thursday, September 15, 2022.
This event, the third in VBID’s series of Heath Equity Incubation Program (HEIP) webinars, began with an overview of the vital need and opportunity to address transportation barriers for Medicare beneficiaries as a means to improve health equity and beneficiary experience. The session started with a presentation by a panel of national experts highlighting the trends in transportation access, the economic and health burdens of transportation barriers, and evidence-based strategies to reduce transportation barriers. Next, the VBID Model team summarized how flexibilities in the VBID Model can be used to improve access and equity in care of enrollees facing transportation barriers. The webinar also featured a panel of leaders from UnitedHealth Group and Medical Card System to discuss their programmatic strategies, successes and challenges in using VBID flexibilities to improve transportation access for their enrollees. Following the panel discussion, the session concluded with an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.
The National Hospital Acquired Conditions and Readmissions Summit is the leading forum on current CMS policy implications and reduction strategies for Hospital Acquired Conditions and Readmissions, including the latest in patient safety initiatives and technology-enabled solutions for transitions of care and patient engagement. The Summit will highlight successful hospital strategies and tools, but equally important will feature some of the important new partnerships and collaborations.
Day One Agenda: Tuesday, May 10, 2022
“CMS National quality strategy, patient safety and overall quality metrics”
Michelle Schreiber, MD, Deputy Director for Quality & Value, CMS, Clinical Standards and Quality
“Outlook from DC: What’s on the Horizon for Medicare Quality Programs”
Sheila Madhani, Vice President, McDermott+Consulting
“Patient engagement and Care in the home: Addressing utilization from the patient perspective”
Caroline Blaum, MD, MS, Senior Research Scientist, NCQA
The ACO REACH Model Team hosted a health equity webinar on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 The ACO REACH Model team highlighted Health Equity provisions added to the ACO REACH Model.
This webinar focused on the new financial policies featured in the ACO REACH webinar, providing financial methodology for the ACO REACH Model that will be transitioned from the Global and Professional Direct Contracting (GPDC) Model.
CMS hosted a virtual office hour in which presenters provided a review of the Calendar Year 2022 payment design and payment rates related to the Hospice Benefit Component of the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model. This session also offered attendees an opportunity to ask follow-up questions.
The Geographic Direct Contracting Model (also known as the “Model” or “Geo”) is a new payment and care delivery model being tested by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center. The Model will test whether a geographic-based approach to care delivery and value-based care can improve health and reduce costs for Medicare beneficiaries across an entire geographic region. Leveraging best practices and lessons learned from prior Innovation Center models, Geo will enable Direct Contracting Entities (DCEs) to build integrated relationships with healthcare providers and community organizations in a region to better coordinate care and address the clinical and social needs of Medicare beneficiaries.
The CMS CMMI Direct Contracting Model Options team hosted a webinar on September 18, 2020. During this webinar, presenters provided a review of the financial methodology for the Direct Contracting Model Options.
The Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model team hosted an overview webinar on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 from 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT. Attendees had the opportunity to hear an overview of the CHART Model, including its objectives, eligible participants and their roles, payment options, and timeline. Following the session, attendees were provided an opportunity to participate in a live Q&A session.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hosted a webinar on Thursday, April 2, 2020 to discuss the Value Based Insurance Design (VBID), Part D Payment Modernization, and Part D Senior Savings models. Attendees received an overview of the models and the CY 2021 application process, and had an opportunity for questions and answers with the Model teams.
The Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model team hosted a webinar on Thursday, January 30, 2020 to provide information and answer questions about the hospice benefit component recently added to the Value Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in January 2019 that beginning in calendar year 2021, the VBID Model will test including the Medicare hospice benefit in Medicare Advantage.
Topics included an overview; a deep dive into the quality, network, and payment policies being tested as part of the hospice benefit component of the Model for CY 2021; and the application process. During the webinar, CMS shared next steps and engagement opportunities as well as a live question and answer (Q&A) session.
The Direct Contracting Model Options team hosted a webinar on January 22, 2020 to provide additional information on the Direct Contracting model's payment methodology following the Payment Part 1 Webinar on January 15th. The team presented on additional aspects of the financial model not covered during the Payment Part 1 Webinar, such as its risk adjustment, benchmark methodologies, and quality measures. The forum also provided an opportunity for potential applicants to ask the team questions regarding these topics and other topics related to the model application.
The Direct Contracting Model Options team hosted a webinar on January 15, 2020 to provide an overview of the Direct Contracting Model's payment methodology. During the session, the Direct Contracting model team presented key aspects of the Direct Contracting financial model, such as its risk-sharing options and risk mitigation strategies, as well as its capitation and other advanced payment alternatives. The forum also provided an opportunity for potential applicants to ask the team questions regarding these topics and other topics related to the model application.
Where are Quality Payment Programs established under MACRA headed in 2018? What is the role that Medicare Advantage and other Medicare and Medicaid managed care programs can play in future years of the QPP, and the criteria that such plans must meet to be considered an Advanced APM? What is the CMS perspective for Medicare Quality Payment Programs in 2018?
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