Home Health Line Breaking News
12/04/2022
A reduction in the hospice aggregate cap is reportedly being considered as a potential offset for new spending priorities in an omnibus spending bill.
11/29/2022
The updated guide includes an overview of the performance feedback reports, including report timing, interim performance report and annual performance report details and how to access additional resources.
11/28/2022
Report looks at the current challenges home care is facing. KLAS Research interviewed 88 home-based care leaders, with 66% identifying staffing as a challenge. Burnout and difficult work environments were named as contributing factors.
11/27/2022
The unlicensed medical assistant forged her employer’s signature on certification forms and supporting documentation for two home health agencies in exchange for kickback payments.
11/22/2022
Pointing to a concerning boom in newly certified hospices, leading industry groups are asking CMS to increase federal oversight “to protect hospice patients and their families, as well as the vast majority of hospice providers that properly observe Medicare and Medicaid laws and regulations.”
11/21/2022
The Research Institute for Home Care is seeking to sponsor a research project to help advance the full spectrum of home care and may seek to improve care delivery at home through quality and innovation.
11/20/2022
As we near the end of the first year of the Notice of Admission (NOA), one MAC is trying to educate its providers on the proper steps to accurately cancel and resubmit an NOA.
11/15/2022
CMS announced Monday that it has updated Care Compare to show home health agency and hospice affiliation in a doctor or clinician’s profile.
11/13/2022
The industry has added nearly 68,000 jobs in the past year, with nearly a quarter of those jobs in the last two months alone.
11/12/2022
A Massachusetts man was sentenced to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to a $400,000 PPP scheme.

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