Home Health Line Breaking News
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.
12/12/2017
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently decided to appeal a ruling that effectively ended changes to the white collar exemption.
12/12/2017
Hospices have taken a big step forward on pain assessment, the Hospice Item Set (HIS) measure that has caused them the biggest struggle.
11/30/2017
CMS has finalized its plan to cancel four mandatory episode payment models for common cardiac and orthopedic conditions, according to a rule posted Nov. 30. The models had been due to begin in January.
11/22/2017
CMS has issued new guidance that explains how agencies can go about converting subunits to branches or independent home health agencies. The guidance was released fewer than two months before the implementation date of the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
11/17/2017
CMS has decided to wait a year from Jan. 13 before imposing civil monetary penalties involving the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
11/16/2017
Almost Family and LHC Group announced on Nov. 16 that they will merge into a company with more than 31,000 employees and a revenue of $1.8 billion.

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