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🌟 Exciting News! Troupe Health Joins CMS Innovation GUIDE Model Program 🌟 We are thrilled to formally announce that Troupe Health has been selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in the groundbreaking Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model program! 🎉 Under this innovative program, Troupe Health will be one of nearly 400 participants nationwide working to build Dementia Care Programs (DCPs) aimed at enhancing care coordination and providing critical support to individuals living with dementia and their caregivers. Our goal is to improve access to essential services and support systems, including respite care, enabling individuals to age in place within their communities. The GUIDE Model, which Troupe Health will start on 7/1/2025, introduces a new payment approach for comprehensive, person-centered assessments, care coordination, and 24/7 access to interdisciplinary care teams. It also offers invaluable resources such as meals, transportation, and caregiver training programs through community-based organizations. Steve Weissblum, CEO of Troupe Health, shared his enthusiasm: "We're excited to be part of this innovative CMS program to better support residents of our partner senior living communities with dementia and their caregivers. The GUIDE model will offer much-needed support and resources to help our residents age in place." Rocky Samuel, Chief Medical Officer of Troupe Health, emphasized the importance of holistic care: "Caring for patients with dementia necessitates unwavering support for both the patients and their caregivers…The GUIDE model revolutionizes this approach, enabling Troupe Health to deliver comprehensive care and champion the well-being of everyone involved in the patient’s journey to age in place successfully." To see the official press release and learn more about Troupe Health and our commitment to improving dementia care (https://lnkd.in/gkFfKDTY). For more information about the GUIDE Model, visit CMS Innovation (https://lnkd.in/grE7BdTS). Let's embark on this journey together to transform dementia care and support caregivers nationwide! 💪 #DementiaCare #GUIDEModel #TroupeHealth #CaregiversSupport

CMMI introduced the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) model last summer. The eight-year program, launched by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on July 1, released the list of program participants on Monday. The GUIDE model aims to enhance dementia care by supporting patients and their caregivers, addressing inequalities, and potentially transforming healthcare innovation through improved delivery, quality, and outcomes. #Medicare #Medicaid #CMMI #GUIDE #healthcareinnovation #hospice

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) GUIDE Model launches in just a couple of weeks on July 1st 2024. The initiative aims to enhance dementia care quality. The GUIDE Model will use an alternative payment method for participants who perform services for people with dementia, including assessments and care planning. CMS places an emphasis on the importance of quality dementia care management through incentives, but we also need to align the standard of care to include more sensitive assessment tools. By integrating these tools, we can improve clinical outcomes and ensure that patients receive the best possible care from the earliest stages of disease. 📖 Read more about the GUIDE Model initiative and how it aligns with the Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer's Act at the Alzheimer's Assocation: https://hubs.li/Q02C5hRH0

VERY EXCITING NEWS!! This press release went out 1 year ago, and now a select few organizations in our area who provide primary care services to folks with Dementia and Alzheimer's will be announcing their participation. These agencies have contacted MiE and we will be partnering with them to complete comprehensive home safety assessments for all of their patients. The truth is, in most cases, the highest amount of concern should be paid to the caregivers of these patients. This program includes respite care, transportation and enhanced services like ours, all of which are meant to target the needs of the patient with these memory diagnosis but also make it easier for their spouse or caregiver to assist them. You can understand that a fall with an injury involving the sole caregiver in these homes means the healthcare system has to find a way to take care of them both. If you are a caregiver for a patient with Alzheimer's or Dementia, ask if their primary care provider is participating in the GUIDE Program. If you have concerns about your falls risk in the home, are starting to feel like your home is an obstacle, or considering calling a handyman or contractor for advice on how to make your home safer, call us first. We can help advocate for you and your specific needs, and even have community partnerships with many handyman companies as well as contractors who can assist you with making your home safer after our assessment. In many cases, your assessment can be paid for by insurance. Questions? www.mie.house or (904) 710-8571 #callbeforemomfalls #aginginplace #endalz

"Our health care system and our public health care system is woefully, woefully underprepared and underresourced. We've got to change that." - Jim Wessler, CEO, Alzheimer's Association, Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter 🚨 This story out of Massachusetts could have come from any state in the union. 🚨 Transforming the healthcare workforce to become more dementia-capable is built into Rippl's mission and drove the launch of Rippl Academy last year. There is so much need for care and support out there and it will take systemic change (like this year's launch of a new dementia care payment model by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) to answer the call. We can and will do better for those #LIVINGwithDementia and their #caregivers. #createarippl #moregooddays More about Rippl Academy here: https://lnkd.in/e3DvNTzp More about the CMS GUIDE model here: https://lnkd.in/grE7BdTS https://lnkd.in/gF9QFSNn

Receiving a dementia diagnosis or watching a loved one’s health decline is incredibly difficult. I know from watching my mother's journey with progressive dementia. It’s a time filled with uncertainty, fear, and questions about what comes next. On top of it all, navigating Medicaid to get the needed care can feel like an impossible task. That’s exactly why I was honored to share with MarketWatch on this important and often misunderstood topic. I explained, "Don't try to spend down on your own...Medicaid planning is a beast." But, as the article highlights, there are strategies to help families get the care they need without exhausting their resources. If you’re facing this situation, there are steps you can take to protect your loved one’s future. The article outlines what to do when Medicaid becomes part of the care equation. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gH8E6f_Z Our team at Lihn Law Group is here to help families understand their options, find the right solutions to secure the best care, and guide you through the process.

Help is finally on the way for people with dementia and their caregivers with this free Medicare program GUIDE program aims to ease financial and emotional strain on caregivers By Richard Eisenberg Many of us in retirement — or “unretirement” if we’re still working part time — spend time, and often money, assisting a loved one who has Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. Figuring out exactly how to do that can be hard. Medicare has just introduced a program to help. “Fragmented care contributes to the mental and physical health strain of caring for someone with dementia, as well as the substantial financial burden,” Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has said. The new program, called the GUIDE model, will help relieve the strain and financial burden of caring for someone with dementia. GUIDE, which stands for Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience, launched on July 1 and is an eight-year pilot program. GUIDE is available to people who have traditional Medicare — but not Medicare Advantage plans from private insurers — and their 11.5 million family caregivers. It can’t be used by people who are in nursing homes or in hospice. GUIDE offers free assistance in navigating benefits, caregiving alternatives and programs for people with dementia, along with respite care so caregivers can take a break. It has a goal of keeping people out of nursing homes, which Medicare typically doesn’t cover... Nursing homes represent the biggest source of out-of-pocket costs for people with dementia, CMS said. The national median cost of a private room in a nursing home is $116,800 per year, according to the Genworth Cost of Care Survey 2023. The GUIDE model is aimed at improving dementia care by defining and requiring a “comprehensive, standardized care delivery approach” that includes: 1. A standardized set of services for Medicare beneficiaries and their unpaid caregivers 2. An interdisciplinary care team to deliver the services 3. A training requirement for care navigators who are part of the care team The impact is expected to be significant. About 80,000 Medicare beneficiaries and caregivers will be helped by GUIDE participants in the first two years of the program, according to estimates by Rani Snyder, vice president of programs at the John A. Hartford Foundation, a philanthropy focused on the health of older adults... The three Harvard Medical School professors who wrote about GUIDE in the Journal of the American Medical Association said that GUIDE’s respite care is “welcome relief to unpaid caregivers” but noted that it is only equivalent to seven 12-hour shifts, “which may not substantially alleviate caregiver burden.” Source: https://lnkd.in/gcYMTJqa

For adults 65 and older, health care spending has been increasing for decades, with per capita spending on aging people growing 4.5% between 2018 and 2020, compared with a 2.6% growth rate from 2016 to 2018. Now one state is making it easier for older adults and others to get care for serious conditions outside of a hospital. This spring, Hawaii became the first state to provide Medicaid coverage for palliative care in non-hospital settings under its state plan amendment. The change has the potential to reduce costs and improve health outcomes and quality of life for patients—and to serve as a model for other states. “In a lot of states, people can access services that fall under the umbrella of palliative care,” said Ella Taggart, a senior research analyst at the National Academy for State Health Policy, but now Hawaii “is able to comprehensively offer … the whole host of [palliative care] services.” Hawaii’s plan allows Medicaid benefits to cover the work of health and social services providers like community health workers, mental health professionals and others. It also defines palliative care as a preventative service, which means that Medicaid will cover comprehensive assessments, such as screening for diseases and psychological, neuropsychological and cognitive testing, to determine their care needs. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eW679suz

Tuesday Health is thrilled to share a recent article from Palliative Care News explaining that CMS has launched the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) payment model, with nearly 400 healthcare organizations, including many palliative care providers, participating! The GUIDE model is designed to enhance the quality of life for dementia patients and their caregivers by addressing care coordination, behavioral health, and functional needs. The model also focuses on reducing strain on unpaid caregivers and helping patients remain in their homes and communities. 🌟 Key Highlights: - Close to 400 participating organizations, including hospice and palliative care providers. - Designed to improve dementia care through comprehensive, person-centered assessments and care plans. - Features 24/7 access to caregiver navigation and support lines. The launch of the GUIDE model aligns perfectly with our mission at Tuesday Health to transform the management of serious illnesses and improve patient outcomes through innovative, value-based care models. 📈 As we continue to follow and support these advancements, we are committed to leveraging such models to enhance our care delivery and support systems. Learn more about the GUIDE model and its impact: https://hubs.la/Q02GnY4q0 #TuesdayHealth #DementiaCare #PalliativeCare #GUIDEModel #HealthcareInnovation

🌟 Championing caregiver health and wellness are a top priority for NAC. 🌟 Through the Act on RAISE campaign, Cancer Caregiving Collaboration and NAC, we continue to champion efforts to make caregiver training services reimbursable for healthcare providers through Medicare by submitting comments to the CY2025 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). The annual Medicare PFS comment period provides critical opportunities to shape policies that ensure family caregivers are fully integrated and recognized as key members of a patient’s healthcare team. Our 2024 PFS Policy Brief highlights key policy advancements from this collective advocacy. 📝Read here for our comment letter: https://lnkd.in/gXbCXMu3 Thank you to all organizations and individuals that have signed on to this letter: Amina Abdullah, University of Illinois Cancer Center Cancer Support Community CancerCare Chandylen Nightingale Cleo CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care Ellen Carbonell Erin Kent, PhD, MS KRISHNAN-SHAH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC LUNGevity Foundation Michael J. LaMonte, PhD, MPH, University at Buffalo - SUNY National Alliance for Caregiving National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Ranak Trivedi Youngmee Kim AARP Aging 100 Alzheimer's Association® Alzheimer's Impact Movement Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY) The Arc of the United States The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) Benjamin Rose California Coalition on Family Caregiving Caring Across Generations Center for Medicare Advocacy Diverse Elders Coalition Essential Caregivers Coalition Family Caregiver Alliance / National Center on Caregiving Family Caregiver Center of New Mexico Grantmakers In Aging (GIA) HAWAII FAMILY CAREGIVER COALITION Justice in Aging National Council on Aging National Respite Coalition Credit for Caring by REUNIONCare, Inc. Female Owned Business Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers RRF Foundation for Aging USAging Wordcrafters Copywriting and Marketing #CaregiverAdvocacy #ActOnRAISE #HealthcarePolicy #PFS #CaregiverSupport #CMS #CancerCaregivingCollaborative