Tag: Medicare Advantage

HHFMA/NAHC Medicare Advantage Webinar Series, Part 3: TACTICS

Tuesday, June 6 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT REGISTER Home Care providers are struggling with the impacts of shifting the Medicare-eligible population into Medicare Advantage Managed Care plans (MA Plans). Forward-looking providers are asking important questions, such as: What are the implications of current demographic trends? What operational and financial issues should providers expect…

HHFMA Webinar: Medicare Advantage Planning Considerations, Part 2

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM REGISTER Home Care providers are struggling with the impacts of the shift in the Medicare eligible population into Medicare Advantage Managed Care plans (MA Plans). This second session in the Medicare Advantage series builds on learnings from the MA Plan Landscape session and will explore MA…

CMS Finalizes CY 2024 Medicare Advantage Rule

On April 5, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule: Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly that implements several provisions from a December 27, 2022 proposed rule…

HHFMA Webinar Series: Medicare Advantage Planning Considerations, Part 2

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM REGISTER Free to all HHFMA members! Get your coupon code below. Home Care providers are struggling with the impacts of the shift in the Medicare eligible population into Medicare Advantage Managed Care plans (MA Plans). This second session in the Medicare Advantage series builds on learnings…

CMS to Extend MA VBID Hospice Component Model

Future Changes include Tightened Hospice Choice, Enhanced Concurrent Care Benefits On March 23, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced its intent to extend the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model (MA VBID) through 2030. While CMMI did not explicitly indicate that the Hospice Component of…

The Medicare Advantage Webinar Series Starts Today!

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 2:00 – 3:30 PM EDT REGISTER Home Care providers are struggling with the impacts of shifting the Medicare-eligible population into Medicare Advantage Managed Care plans (MA Plans). Forward-looking providers are asking important questions, such as: What are the implications of current demographic trends? What operational and financial issues should providers expect…

CMS Proposes Policy Changes for MA plans

On December 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule titled Medicare Program; Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D Overpayment Provisions of the Affordable Care Act and…

CMS Issues Request for Applicants for Fourth Year of Model to Test Hospice Coverage under Medicare Advantage

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has issued its Request for Applications (RFA) for Calendar Year (CY) 2024 of the Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Hospice Component Model (Model).  CY2024 will be the fourth (and, as currently planned, final) year of the model to test…

CMS Report Provides Insight into Experiences under MA-Hospice Model

Send your comments/questions to Theresa Forster at tmf@nahc.org The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) report, Evaluation of Phase II of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model, released October 17, includes a first look at ways MA plans approached implementation of hospice coverage as part of the MA benefit package. This includes identification of patients, services offered,…

Plan Participation in CY2023 to Expand for MA VBID Model to Test Hospice Coverage

–CMMI Releases List of Plans, Operating Locations for Next Year On September 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the list of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans that will participate in the Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model during Calendar Year (CY) 2023, including those that will participate in the…