Home Health Line
01/02/2017
Home health agencies in 2017 will spend more time and money than before on training and staffing dedicated to improving care quality, data show.
12/22/2016
The Republican-controlled Congress and White House won’t be able to erase the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in its entirety, House Republican aides suggest, which means the home health industry may have to lobby on its own to erase the ACA’s face-to-face requirement.
12/22/2016
Recent announcements that CMS’ probe-and-educate review is starting back up and that its pre-claim review demonstration is expanding beyond Illinois spell trouble for claims scrutiny in 2017.
12/22/2016
Agencies seeking to improve on value-based purchasing measures in 2017 should use data to identify outcomes that are below thresholds and/or identify outcome trends of no improvement. A deep data analysis can help your agency improve on value-based purchasing measures and ultimately receive greater payments.
12/22/2016
The number of mergers and acquisitions in the private duty sector rose substantially in 2016. And that’s a trend industry experts expect to continue for at least the next year — or at least until the Trump administration reveals its detailed agenda for U.S. health care.
12/22/2016
While deal volume involving Medicare home health agencies nationwide ticked up slightly in 2016 when compared to the prior year, CMS’ pre-claim review is causing buyers to be wary in the five affected states.
12/22/2016
It’s not clear whether Medicare Advantage, bundled payments, accountable care organizations (ACOs) or some combination of them will emerge as the dominant Medicare payment model of the future.
12/22/2016
by: HHL’s 2017 Trends Survey
About 76% of agencies plan to spend more money to train on the new Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs) in 2017 than they had in 2016, according to the 234 respondents to a question on HHL’s 2017 Trends Survey. No respondents plan to spend less on this.
12/22/2016
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