Home Health Line Breaking News
07/11/2019
The 2020 PPS proposed rule, which was posted to the Federal Register July 11, reinforces the plan to implement the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2020.
07/08/2019
A recent study in Health Affairs found that policies that curtail immigration are likely to compromise the availability of care.
07/08/2019
Home care aides often suffer verbal abuse at the hands of clients and their families, according to a study published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
07/08/2019
The tech-savvy startup HomeHero – once among the group of companies dubbed the “Uber” of elder care – may be making a comeback more than two years after getting out of the home care business.
07/01/2019
Provider preview reports and star ratings preview reports for the October 2019 Home Health Compare refresh will be delayed until early July.
07/01/2019
CMS has posted pre-training materials for the recent home heath quality reporting program webinar on achieving a full Annual Payment Update (APU) or market basket increase.
07/01/2019
In it’s June 2019 report, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) provided additional detail on what a unified post-acute care payment model might look like.
06/24/2019
In an effort to reduce burden, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and CMS are seeking to update regulations around nondiscrimination outlined in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
06/24/2019
Legislation introduced in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives would allow occupational therapists to open home health episodes of care by conducting the initial visit and comprehensive assessment.
06/24/2019
More than 175 commenters shared their thoughts on the proposed hospice payment rule.

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