Home Health Line Breaking News
05/30/2018
Five home care aides and two workers’ advocacy groups are challenging the New York Department of Labor’s emergency regulation designed to reinforce a long-standing practice of paying home care aides for 13 hours during a 24-hour shift.
05/29/2018
Among the nine states where value-based purchasing is taking place, Tennessee has the highest percentage of agencies that earned 5 stars, according to an HHL analysis of April 2018 data on Home Health Compare.
05/29/2018
CMS is seeking public input into relaunching a pre-claim review demonstration for home health services. States that are potentially affected are located within the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA’s jurisdiction.
05/23/2018
Two Hospice CAHPS measures ticked upward by 1% each in the latest refresh of Hospice Compare.
05/23/2018
The owner of a Michigan home health agency admitted to paying illegal kickbacks to recruiters and billing Medicare for claims obtained through those kickbacks, according to a release from the Department of Justice.
05/23/2018
Honor, a tech-savvy private duty startup, is pumping newly secured $50 million in funding into the expansion of an existing partner network, according to a MedCity News report.
05/18/2018
CMS is working to resolve a claims system issue that, if left unresolved, may cause confusion for home health patients.
05/17/2018
Results of a new DecisionHealth survey show that the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) have had a greater impact on agencies’ productivity than any other regulation in the past year.
05/17/2018
CMS on May 16 released its latest refresh of Hospice Compare.
05/16/2018
Home health visits that are longer than usual by just one minute reduce the risk of hospital readmission by 8%, a study from the National Bureau of Economic Research shows.

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