NAHC poised to butt heads with CMS over proposed 2022 home health rules
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 06, 2021
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has zeroed in on disagreements with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) proposed home health rules for next year and plans...
Should home-delivered meals be the next area of Medicare, Medicaid coverage? Several groups say yes
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Diane Eastabrook
Apr 09, 2021
Thanks to a push by several nonprofit organizations and the natural evolution of Medicare coverage, the time could be ripe for the federal government to make home-delivered meals a part of the nation’s...
New assessment tool aims to improve dialysis experience for patients
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 31, 2021
A new tool assessing patient experience could encourage more Americans with kidney disease to dialyze at home.
MedPAC recommendations could deal a blow to vulnerable partial dual eligibles
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 18, 2021
The most vulnerable people could be adversely affected by the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee’s (MedPac) recent recommendation to change the benchmark policy for growing Medicare Advantage (MA) plans....
Some barriers to entry remain, but new CMS payment model gives a boost to home dialysis
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 08, 2021
Home dialysis increased 180% in nine months for patients of a Roanoke, VA, nephrology group. But Valley Nephrology Associates said it took a robust educational effort and an all-hands-on-deck approach...