Home care providers soon may be able to take advantage of a new round of COVID-19 relief funding. The Department of Health and Human Services disclosed Friday that $25.5 billion will be available on Sept....
In effort to boost COVID-19 vaccinations to homebound, CMS to pay $35 more per dose
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 09, 2021
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Wednesday an additional payment for administering in-home COVID-19 vaccinations to Medicare beneficiaries having difficulty leaving their...
NAHC to CMS: More work needed on PDGM, HHVBP, other proposed home health rules
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 31, 2021
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) wants the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to go back to the drawing board on proposed changes to home health reforms for the coming year.
Providers insist on higher Medicaid rates to recruit, pay home health workers
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 19, 2021
The Wisconsin Association for Home Care is demanding an increase in the state’s Medicaid rate for home-based skilled nursing.
COVID-19’s lesson about the importance of self-directed care
By
Greg Strobel
Aug 12, 2021
While it’s hard to find a silver lining in the COVID-19 pandemic, one can be found in the home healthcare industry, where the COVID-19 crisis reinforced the critical need for flexible and affordable...
NHPCO pushes for consistent training and better reporting in new hospice rule
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 01, 2021
Better training, consumer-friendly reporting and fairer non-compliance penalties are some of the recommendations the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) has sent to the Centers for...
Exec: Humana to continue looking for ways to improve home care offerings
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 21, 2021
Humana hopes to be the rising tide that lifts all boats in the home healthcare industry.
Home healthcare coalition calls on CMS to scrap PDGM behavioral adjustment
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 03, 2021
A coalition of home healthcare leaders called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Thursday to rescind the 4.36% behavioral assumption cut next year as part of the Patient-Driven Groupings...
Rural, urban disparities seen for quality of home healthcare
Jan 13, 2022
Rural home health care agencies perform better on process measures; urban agencies perform better on outcome measures.
Warts and all, value-based purchasing may be coming to a home health agency near you
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 09, 2021
In the past six years Phoenix-based Banner Health has seen a marked improvement in outcomes and patient satisfaction for clients receiving home healthcare services.