LHC Group offers bullish outlook on home care based on new policies, legislation in Washington
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 07, 2021
National home care and hospice provider LHC Group sees nothing but tailwinds ahead, despite ongoing uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic.
LHC Group’s profits jump in Q1 despite COVID-19 conditions, as firm plans to accelerate M and A activity
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 06, 2021
Still battling the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, LHC Group, one of the largest home health companies in the United States, made a substantial profit in the first quarter, the company reported late...
Addus HomeCare looks to expand home healthcare as pandemic wanes
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 05, 2021
Addus HomeCare is joining the growing league of providers on the search for home healthcare agencies. During a call with analysts on Tuesday, the Frisco, TX-based company said it hoped to score a handful...
Should home healthcare be a new focus for Medicare Advantage?
By
Jeff Fox
Apr 20, 2021
Home-based services are not a common, or even widely accepted, part of most Medicare Advantage plans. However, there have been some signs that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have begun...
CMS now recouping advanced Medicare payments
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 02, 2021
The bill is now due for Medicare providers who accepted Accelerated and Advanced Payments from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Anticipating congressional action, CMS gives home care providers break on scheduled sequestration
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 01, 2021
Starting today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is giving home care providers breathing room as it waits for congressional action on the 2% Medicare sequester cuts.
MedPAC to Congress: Reduce payments to home health in 2022, expand telehealth beyond public health emergency
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 17, 2021
In a report to Congress this week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) offered several key recommendations, including reducing payments for home healthcare agencies in 2022 and extending...
NAHC clears up confusion on face-to-face encounters, other questions stemming from COVID-19 statute
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 03, 2021
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice reports that it has received clarification from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding some discrepancies between Medicare regulations...
Pandemic-related home health waivers likely to continue through 2021
By
Liza Berger
Jan 27, 2021
Good news for providers: The Public Health Emergency (PHE) is likely to last until the end of 2021, according to a Jan. 22 letter to governors from Norris Cochran, the acting secretary of the Department...
OIG audits telehealth home services, studies HHAs’ pandemic strategies
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 25, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently has disclosed it is conducting an audit of home health services that were provided as telehealth during COVID-19. In addition,...