The Facilities for Medicare & Medicaid Companies (CMS) Guiding an Improved Dementia Expertise (GUIDE) mannequin is dwell. Individuals embody a broad vary of dwelling care suppliers.

CMS mentioned there’ll initially be practically 400 collaborating organizations establishing Dementia Care Packages (DCPs) to serve Medicare beneficiaries.

“DCPs symbolize a variety of well being care suppliers, together with massive educational medical facilities, small group practices, community-based organizations, well being techniques, hospice businesses, telehealth organizations, and different practices,” the company wrote.

These organizations embody Lifespark, InHome Join, VNA Well being System, Reminiscence Care Dwelling Options, CaringAtHome, Trustworthy Dwelling Well being Companies, Andwell Well being Companions, Most well-liked Selection Dwelling Healthcare and Windfall Dwelling Care and Hospice.

The GUIDE mannequin, first introduced in July of final yr, is geared toward bettering the standard of life of individuals with dementia. One in every of its essential objectives is to maintain dementia sufferers out of bodily services and of their properties and communities.

At the moment, it falls beneath the jurisdiction of the CMS Innovation Middle. It’s a “key final result” of President Joe Biden’s April 2023 government order on “Growing Entry to High quality Care and Supporting Household Caregivers,” CMS mentioned.

There are numerous methods by which dwelling care suppliers can take part within the GUIDE mannequin, whether or not they take part straight or not.

The mannequin represents yet one more means for suppliers to handle different cost sources, significantly non-medical dwelling care suppliers, who usually take care of dementia sufferers however don’t all the time work with Medicare as a payer.

“If the participant can’t meet the GUIDE care necessities alone, she or he could contract with different Medicare suppliers/suppliers to fulfill the care necessities,” CMS wrote in a proof final yr.

Throughout a Dwelling Well being Care Information webinar final month, Mari Baxter, COO of Senior Helpers, mentioned the GUIDE mannequin is one thing all dwelling care suppliers ought to be adopting.

“We see that as an actual alternative for us, and I believe all people does,” Baxter mentioned. “You need to bury your head within the sand not to try this.”