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COVID-19 should bring change to healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries: report
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 26, 2020
In a new set of recommendations published Friday by the Commonwealth Fund, a private healthcare-focused foundation, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University and Duke University argue for three...
HHS secretary nominee voices clear support for HCBS: Dombi
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Joe Jancsurak
Feb 26, 2021
The president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice had high praise for President Biden’s choice for Health and Human Services secretary, Xavier Becerra, after the nominee offered some...
Bipartisan bill would improve access to telehealth services
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 27, 2020
The bipartisan Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act, introduced by Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), if passed, would provide Medicare reimbursement for audio and video...
$731,000 in overpayments estimated in home health agency audit, HHS OIG says
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Joe Jancsurak
Nov 23, 2020
An audit conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General found that The Palace at Home, a Medicare home health agency in Miami, did not comply with Medicare billing...
Study: Many Medicare beneficiaries with planned discharges to HHAs don’t actually receive HHA care
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 26, 2021
Some 4 out of 10 Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas with planned discharges to home hospital agencies (HHAs) didn’t actually receive that HHA care, according to a new study entitled “Post-acute...
Physician ordered to pay $9.5 million in restitution in home health fraud case
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Joe Jancsurak
Nov 23, 2020
A Texas physician has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $9.5 million in restitution for her role in a multi-million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.
Bipartisan legislation would extend sequestration cut suspension
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Joe Jancsurak
Dec 07, 2020
Legislation introduced last week would extend the suspension of the 2% sequestration cut on the Medicare fee-for-service payment that has been in effect since 2011 for the length of the public emergency...
Home health agency could have received more than $479K in Medicare overpayments: OIG
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 04, 2021
A Virginia home health agency received overpayment of at least $479,000, according to the recently released results of an audit by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.
Chains growing in importance in home health: research
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Joe Jancsurak
Dec 08, 2020
Multi-agency chains are playing a growing role in the home health sector, with important implications, according to a study published Monday in Health Services Research.