Value-Based Models, Medicaid Driving Palliative Care Changes in 2026
A Palliative Care News article covers the recent Hospice News Palliative Care Outlook webinar, where experts including CAPC's Brynn Bowman, MPA, explore what is shaping palliative care in 2026 and beyond. The article opens with Bowman’s perspective that evolutions in value-based and state-level payment models are helping move the field toward greater standardization. It then examines how expanding Medicaid reimbursement, partnerships with value-based payers and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), and growing demand for community- and home-based palliative care are supporting more sustainable models, even as reimbursement challenges remain.