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

NASHP

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. licensed hospice providers), with quality assurance provisions and any licensing updates necessary to ensure team competencies for non-hospice care.

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NCQA’s Health Plan Ratings Help Consumers Choose a Health Plan

NCQA

This year, 1,019 commercial, Medicare and Medicaid health plans earned a rating from NCQA. Highlights and Results Here are some key takeaways from our analysis of the Health Plan Ratings data: Increase in Highly Rated Plans Three commercial and two Medicare plans earned a 5-star rating—a slight increase from last year.