Sue Lyn Schramm Quoted by "Hospice News" on Nonprofit Hospice Affiliations

Hospice News, the best-known industry journal covering Hospice and Palliative Care, included material from Sue Lyn Schramm’s recent conference session at the NHPCO Annual Leadership Conference in an article published on November 3, 2023. Quoting from Ms. Schramm’s presentation delivered in Little Rock, Arkansas last month on October 3:

As hospices prepare for Medicare Advantage, more nonprofits are finding that creating partnerships or entering affiliations will better position themselves for payer negotiations.

Nonprofit hospice affiliations have surged in 2022 and 2023. This is in addition to the creation of several regional collaborative networks and the formation of new Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).

“There’s a list of things that you’ve got to do well to succeed at fee-for-service. We know how to build strong branding. We have really strong presences in our core markets and our home territory. We know excellent quality ratings are huge,” Schramm said at the conference. “ Under VBID, the Medicare Advantage carve-in and Accountable Care Organizations, the list is quite different.”

For the complete article, please see the Hospice News website for the piece titled, “Value-Based Payment Models Driving Nonprofit Hospice Affiliations.”