Home Health Line Breaking News
01/30/2018
CMS has once again extended its moratoria on new home health agencies and new branches of existing home health agencies by six months in six metropolitan areas.
01/29/2018
Nominations for a panel on the development of potentially preventable hospitalization measures for home health agencies are due Feb. 22.
01/29/2018
The fines for Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations have been adjusted for inflation.
01/22/2018
The government shutdown began at midnight Jan. 20. But HHS’ website indicates the Medicare program will “continue largely without disruption during a lapse in appropriations.”
01/17/2018
CMS has sent a memo to state survey agency directors about the new tags surveyors should use to survey under the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs), which took effect Jan. 13.
01/17/2018
CMS is hosting a webinar 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST March 6 on Review and Correct Reports for agencies.
01/04/2018
The final interpretive guidelines for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) have not yet been released, but CMS remains full steam ahead on the Jan. 13 effective date for agencies to comply.
01/04/2018
CMS has approved the 2018 standards set forth by the home health accrediting body Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP).
12/28/2017
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects that home health care will be fastest growing industry for employment in the next decade.
12/19/2017
Ending the year with a jaw dropping acquisition in the home care industry, health insurer Humana Inc. and two private equity firms announced an agreement to buy Kindred Healthcare.

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