The new world of home health will center around hospital-at-home, SNF-at-home, experts say
By
Liza Berger
Aug 04, 2021
The pandemic has helped to give rise to innovative models such as hospital-at-home and skilled nursing facility (SNF)-at-home.
Choose Home bill draws swift rebuke from nursing home, assisted living providers
By
Liza Berger
Jul 30, 2021
While home care providers were thrilled by the introduction of the Choose Home Care Act of 2021 on Thursday, not all of healthcare was pleased.
Opportunities abound for home care agencies, Dombi tells McKnight’s in podcast
By
Liza Berger
Jul 23, 2021
From new legislation to market changes, home care is in a position of growth it has never been in before.
MedPAC recommendations: Change MA benchmark policy, operate fewer alternative payment models
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Liza Berger
Jun 16, 2021
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) issued a report Tuesday that advises Congress to change the benchmark policy for the growing Medicare Advantage (MA) program. It also recommended that...
CMS’ innovation arm signals it is moving toward palliative care, capitation payment models
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Liza Berger
Jun 10, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) likely will be initiating a palliative care payment model, the agency said Wednesday.
AARP: There is new opportunity to expand home care, improve caregivers’ conditions
By
Liza Berger
Jun 03, 2021
AARP is advocating to expand long-term care at home and improve home caregivers’ quality of life, two leaders of the organization said during a roundtable discussion Wednesday.
Advocacy group urges CMS to grow Medicare dental plan coverage
By
Liza Berger
May 20, 2021
The Center for Medicare Advocacy is pushing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Congress to expand dental plan coverage under Medicare.
CMS issues guidance to states on how to use enhanced Medicaid HCBS funding from stimulus package
By
Liza Berger
May 14, 2021
States can only use enhanced Medicaid funds from the recently passed $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package to strengthen their home- and community-based services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
InnovAge grows members, centers in latest quarter as ModivCare weathers pandemic with personal care acquisition
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Liza Berger
May 14, 2021
InnovAge, a new publicly traded company that contracts with Medicare and Medicaid through the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), experienced signs of pandemic recovery in the fiscal...
With total purchase of Kindred at Home, Humana dominates home health arena
By
Liza Berger
Apr 30, 2021
Humana’s latest — and, literally, greatest — purchase will change the home health scene.