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Disruptive reimbursement and regulatory challenges are top of mind for today’s hospice c-suite executives, who recently sat down with Hospice News to discuss what they see as the largest hurdles to sustainable end-of-life care delivery.
Reimbursement pressures and changes among the most significant concerns for today’s hospices, according to Kristen Yntema, president and CEO of AuthoraCare Collective. The North Carolina-based nonprofit provides hospice and palliative care, among other services.
The Medicare Hospice Benefit remains the primary avenue for hospice reimbursement, but pathways are growing in the value-based arena, Yntema said at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC) Financial Management Conference in Las Vegas. Quality will be hospices’ biggest value proposition in a value-based environment, she stated.