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Seven Steps for Building a Community-Based Palliative Care Benefit Within Medicaid

NASHP

Successful home-based palliative care programs cite an engagement rate of 35%. For length-of-stay estimates, consider using the CMMI Medicare Choices Model of community-based pre-hospice services, with an average length of stay of 99 days.

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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

It is increasingly clear that any program’s ability to improve care value is critically reliant on targeting the right patients — not too many, not too few, but the right ones.” — Diane E. The state began implementation of palliative care legislation with an analysis of state Medicaid claims and encounter data.