The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model team will host a Hospice Provider Webinar on November 9th at 2:00 PM CT. During this webinar, presenters will provide key information and policies for the upcoming Calendar Year (CY) 2024 of the Hospice Benefit Component of the VBID Model, including the recently released 2024 VBID Hospice Minimum Number of Providers Public Data Book

This document provides the calculated minimum number of hospice providers (MNP) at the Medicare Advantage Organization (MAO)-level for each participating MAO with a mature-year plan benefit package. Presenters will also provide an overview of the recently released Evaluation of Phase II (2020–2022) of the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model. The findings of the report for the Hospice Benefit Component “at-a-glance” are also available. Please submit questions in advance by emailing the VBID Mailbox at VBID@cms.hhs.gov. To register for the webinar, please visit the registration page.

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Kylee Childs, MSW, is the Director of Government Affairs.Since joining the association in 2023, she continues to be a fierce and resourceful advocate for aging services in Kansas. Her professional focus has always been service to others through advocacy. Kylee has a master’s degree in social work from the University of Missouri-Columbia, a bachelor's degree in criminology with a minor in Conflict Analysis and Trauma studies from Kansas State University, and a certificate in Grant Proposal Writing from Fort Hays State University. With a professional background in law enforcement and child welfare, and a successful 2023 legislative practicum with the Children's Alliance of Kansas, she brings rich professional experience to her role as Director of Government Affairs, and a front-line perspective on the needs of health and human services providers in our state. When not working, she's spending time with her two daughters. You can reach Kylee directly at 785.670.8051.