How Hospice Saves VBC Money

What you’ll learn

• The specific cost levers through which hospice reduces total Medicare spending – hospitalizations, ICU days, ER visits and aggressive end-of-life treatment – with supporting data you can cite in a VBC conversation
• What the evidence actually says about aggregate Medicare savings from hospice, including the nuance that makes you more credible, not less
• The quality outcome improvements associated with hospice: patient and family experience, symptom management, caregiver burden and place of death
• How to match the right data point to the right audience – ACO, health system or Medicare Advantage plan
• What to say – and what not to say – when a sophisticated VBC contact pushes back on the evidence