Evaluation of the Medicare Care Choices Model: Annual / Final report

Evaluation of the Medicare Care Choices Model: Annual / Final report
CMMI Evaluation Digest, 1/25/24
The six-year Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) tested whether offering eligible fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries the option to receive supportive and palliative care services through hospice providers without forgoing payment for the treatment of their terminal conditions (which is required to enroll in the Medicare hospice benefit) improved beneficiaries’ quality of life and care, increased their satisfaction, and reduced Medicare expenditures.