The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced the addition of 11 new services to the Medicare telehealth services list, which now totals 144.
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...
CMS home care initiative now includes 56 hospitals after latest additions
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 06, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serviceshas added five hospitals to its Acute Hospital Care at Home program, Administrator Seema Verma announced Monday in a tweet.
CMS commits to COVID-19 vaccine available for all
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 16, 2020
Not only will the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services make sure that a COVID-19 vaccine be made available to older adults at no cost once a vaccine is approved; the agency also is working to guarantee...
As COVID-19 surges, CMS expands its Hospitals Without Walls program
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Joe Jancsurak
Dec 01, 2020
With new cases of COVID-19 surging nationwide, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced the inclusion of six health systems to its Hospitals Without Walls program. The initiative was...
New COVID-19 vaccine education website geared to home care workers
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Joe Jancsurak
Feb 01, 2021
The Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care (PMHC) has launched Be Wise, Immunize., a website to provide information about the COVID-19 vaccine to more than 3 million home care workers.
Number of MA beneficiaries receiving supplemental benefits for the chronically ill triples in one year,...
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Joe Jancsurak
Feb 09, 2021
The number of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries receiving Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) has skyrocketed — from 1 million in 2020 to 3 million in 2021— according to a...
OIG audits telehealth home services, studies HHAs’ pandemic strategies
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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,...
Study shows far fewer COVID-19 cases at home than in nursing homes, assisted living
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Joe Jancsurak
Dec 10, 2020
The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths for home- and community-based services programs pales in comparison with those for nursing homes, concludes a recent study in the JAMDA, Journal of Post-Acute and...
Biden’s day 1 pandemic plan promising for HCBS, home care leader says
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 25, 2021
Home care providers were pleased to learn that the new administration’s pandemic preparedness plan offers a nod to home care for older adults.