Home Health Line Breaking News
11/06/2023
Employers in home health care services added 9,500 jobs in October as the health care sector showed resilience as other areas of the economy saw slowing job growth heading into the fall.
11/02/2023
The bill would “recapture” green cards that were authorized by Congress but unused in previous years, allotting 25,000 to nurses, as well as their immediate family members.
11/01/2023
After pledging to cut home health payment rates in 2024, CMS again provided a modest payment increase in the 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HHPPS) final rule, released late on November 1.
10/30/2023
Beyond the cost savings, the nine model states saw declines in unplanned hospitalizations, skilled nursing facility use and emergency department use followed by inpatient admission.
10/30/2023
Agencies should not submit a telehealth service date as the location code claim line-item date. Only an in person visit date may be reported with the location code.
10/27/2023
In a November meeting, the commission will review the hospice workplan over the coming 18 months, including hospice’s effect on net Medicare spending, the hospice aggregate cap and beneficiary outcomes, and more.
10/24/2023
The four-page tool can be used to educate physicians or as a quality check for internal staff to make sure the face-to-face documentation meets requirements.
10/23/2023
Among other practices, the agency only paid overtime wages for hours over 80 in a bi-weekly period.
10/20/2023
The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a Health Subcommittee hearing on long-term care workforce, focusing on proposed rules around nursing home staffing levels and wages for home care workers under Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services.
10/17/2023
Agencies now have access to confidential reports that compare measure outcomes between Medicare-Medicaid dually enrolled patients and non-duals, as well as between non-White and White patients.

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