Home Health Line Breaking News
12/11/2020
CMS has issued a proposed rule that would improve electronic exchange of health care data among payers, providers, and patients and streamline processes related to prior authorization to reduce burden on providers and patients, according to a press release.
12/07/2020
The Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act, H.R. 8840 legislation, was introduced by Reps. Brad Schneider , D-Ill., and David McKinley , R-W.Va., “to extend the suspension of the two percent Medicare sequestration payment reductions through the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE),” according to a December 3, 2020, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) press release.
12/04/2020
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, has introduced three new pieces of legislation targeting home care quality and support for care providers.
12/04/2020
CMS is ready to test a payment and care model that would likely include new opportunities for home health and hospice providers, according to industry leaders.
11/30/2020
State and federal health officials are fleshing out their final plans for who will get a COVID-19 vaccine first.
11/30/2020
In a November 20, 2020, CMS press release, a drug payment model through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will lower Medicare Part B payments on certain drugs.
11/25/2020
CMS will soon begin testing the inclusion of the Part A Hospice Benefit within the MA benefits package through the Hospice Benefit Component of the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model.
11/23/2020
New data on home health referrals during the pandemic notes what industry leaders have been saying for months: home health clinicians are on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic, treating an increasing number of patients, including those with the coronavirus.
11/23/2020
In honor of National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) announced a new quality program, NHPCO Quality Connections, in a news release on November 5, 2020.
11/20/2020
CMS announced that it will retire the original compare tools Dec. 1.

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