Home Health Line Breaking News
03/08/2024
Overall, health care added 67,000 jobs in February, above the average monthly gain of 58,000 over the prior 12 months.
03/05/2024
Since 2021, the model has allowed Medicare Advantage plans to include the hospice benefit in select states in hopes of improving care coordination between MA payors and hospice providers.
02/27/2024
Of 5,839 claims reviewed, 942 were denied.
02/23/2024
Expected to be finalized in the coming weeks, the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services proposed rule released last April included a requirement that at least 80% of Medicaid payments for personal care, homemaker and home health aide services be spent on compensation for the direct care workforce, as opposed to administrative overhead or profit.
02/22/2024
A federal jury convicted a California man for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by billing $2.8 million for hospice services that patients did not need.
02/19/2024
The FY 2025 Hospice Wage Index, Payment Rate Update and Quality Reporting Requirements Proposed Rule is under review at the Office of Management & Budget.
02/15/2024
The rule is aimed at strengthening CMS requirements of AOs, reducing conflicts of interest and increasing transparency.
02/14/2024
A staffing firm providing nurses for health care providers has been fined $140,976 for allegedly misclassifying 41 registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants as independent contractors, according to the Department of Labor.
02/13/2024
On January 31, CMS published a Correction Notice in the Federal Register for the CY 2024 Home Health PPS Rate Update Final Rule to correct typographical and technical errors from sections about the quality reporting program, a table regarding proposed measures for the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model and in the discussion about the Hospice Informal Dispute Resolution and Special Focus Program.
02/08/2024
Hospice medical directors and administrators are always considered managing employees for Medicare provider enrollment purposes.

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