CMS releases toolkit to speed state efforts to move to home-based services
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 03, 2020
A toolkit from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, released Monday, is meant to help states accelerate the shift to more home- and community-based services for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries.
CMS lowers final home health rate increase from $540 million to $390 million; PDGM’s behavioral adjustment...
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 02, 2020
The final 2021 home health payment rule issued last week by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services contains an estimated increase of $390 million in home health payments for agencies, for...
Home care program allowed discriminatory requests for visiting aides, lawsuit alleges
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 02, 2020
A state contractor that coordinates home healthcare visits under Connecticut’s Medicaid program repeatedly has accommodated “discriminatory requests by Medicaid home health care recipients not to send...
CMS proposes changes for DMEPOS fee schedule
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 29, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed policy changes that would establish new methodologies for adjusting fee schedule payment amounts for Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics,...
Home care briefs for Thursday, Oct. 29
Oct 29, 2020
Administration announces Medicare and Medicaid coverage of COVID-19 vaccine … Ready launches virtual mental health services as part of at-home care model … Humana’s Medicare Advantage expands its...
Home healthcare providers file appeal in lawsuit against union
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 27, 2020
Seven California home healthcare providers have filed an appeal in their class-action lawsuit against the Service Employees International Union Local 2015.
3 big regulatory issues facing home care agencies: NAHC
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 21, 2020
Home healthcare agencies face three major regulatory issues right now, according to Mary Carr, vice president of regulatory affairs at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice:
Earnings lag, but GAO predicts home care job growth of 40%
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 21, 2020
Although the Department of Labor’s 2015 Home Care Rule — which extended Fair Labor Standards Act minimum wage and overtime protections to more home care workers — has benefited home care workers...
Feds indict two in healthcare fraud scheme
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 20, 2020
An 11-count indictment made by federal authorities in San Antonio, TX, charges a former Kindred at Home employee and a medical marketing business owner with one count of conspiracy to violate the federal...
Report shows huge jumps in Medicare Advantage enrollment among minorities, dually eligible
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 19, 2020
Minority enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans increased by 111% in 2019, with minority beneficiaries accounting for 31.5% of Medicare Advantage enrollees. Meanwhile, enrollment of dually eligible beneficiaries...