Delegated Risk Providers: What They Are and How to Work With Them

What you’ll learn

• What a delegated risk provider is, and why the physician group or IPA managing the risk often matters more to a hospice than the Medicare Advantage plan behind it
• The two places you’ll run into these groups most often: primary care physician offices and hospitalist groups
• How to spot the signal on a practice’s own website before you ever ask
  a question out loud
• The direct question that tells you whether a relationship is worth pursuing,
  and what a yes actually unlocks
• What it takes to earn preferred provider status once you’re in the door
• A brief look at how Medicaid managed care handles hospice differently,
  in case it comes up in your market