Home Health Line Breaking News
10/23/2014
CMS posted a Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospice Survey Vendor Authorization Form on Oct. 22.
 
10/22/2014
Hospice work is a calling as much as it is a job opportunity, and clearly not everyone is cut out for it, says Mary Pistulka, who on Oct. 20 was named 2014 Home Care and Hospice Nurse of the Year by the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).
 
 
10/20/2014
CMS is announcing the availability of a new accountable care organization (ACO) initiative to better coordinate care in rural and underserved areas as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
 
 
10/15/2014
Home health agencies nationwide saw a percentage-point improvement in bed transfer, pressure ulcer prevention and improvement in management of oral medications in CMS’ latest release Oct. 9 of Home Health Compare data.
 
 
10/09/2014
Kindred Healthcare and Gentiva Health Services have entered into a merger agreement, with Kindred acquiring all outstanding shares of Gentiva common stock, Kindred has announced.
 
 
10/08/2014
Home care agencies now have another six months before enforcement will begin on the national minimum wage and overtime requirements. 
 
10/06/2014
For the first time in 25 years, CMS has proposed drastic revisions to its conditions of participation (CoPs) for home health agencies.
 
09/17/2014
The first-ever ICD-10 end-to-end testing week will occur Jan. 26-30.
 
 
09/15/2014
The question of whether private duty agencies will have to pay overtime to the aides they provide to seniors and the disabled in need of home support services now depends on legal arguments and counter-arguments recently presented to a U.S. district court judge in Washington.
09/02/2014
A list of vendors conditionally approved to administer the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) hospice survey has been posted on the survey's website.

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