Home Health Line Breaking News
11/15/2017
CMS is granting exceptions under the quality reporting and value-based purchasing programs for home health agencies and hospices affected by recent California wildfires.
11/14/2017
President Donald Trump on Nov. 13 selected Alex Azar, a former HHS general counsel, to serve as secretary of Health and Human Services.
11/13/2017
CMS has updated pages of the Hospice Item Set Manual V2.00 as a result of the federal Medicare agency’s plan to provide new Medicare cards beginning in April 2018.
11/10/2017
After CMS review, The Joint Commission has finally prepublished revisions to the Emergency Management standards for home health agencies and other health care organizations to align with requirements in the new emergency preparedness Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
11/08/2017
CMS will hold a home health, hospice and durable medical equipment (DME) open door forum 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST.
11/06/2017
Home health agencies and other providers with a low volume of pending appeals at the administrative law judge (ALJ) level now have a new option available to them to get out of the massive appeals backlog.
11/03/2017
Home health aide and personal care aide are expected to be among the top five fastest growing jobs between 2016 and 2026, based on employment projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics.
11/01/2017
Agencies can breathe a deep sigh of relief. CMS won’t launch its drastically revised home health payment model after all.
10/30/2017
CMS on Oct. 27 provided the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) a draft version of its interpretive guidelines for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
10/27/2017
CMS on Oct. 27 provided the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) a draft version of its interpretive guidelines for the revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs).

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