Home Health Line Breaking News
06/20/2024
An Georgia-based hospice company has agreed to pay $1.4 million to resolve allegations that owners and managers entered into kickback arrangements with medical directors in exchange for referrals of hospice patients to the company.
06/14/2024
Average annual growth in home health care spending in 2025 and 2026 leads all other health care settings at 7.1%.
06/13/2024
As many as one out of every 25 Medicare beneficiaries over 65 do not identify as “straight,” according to new data released by CMS.
06/13/2024
As drafted, the Hospice CARE Act would increase survey frequency for new hospices, create coverage for in-home respite services and require medical review contractors to have specialized knowledge and training in hospice.
06/11/2024
The BLS estimates home health care services has added 30,000 more jobs this spring than employers added in spring 2023.
06/10/2024
Industry experts encourage providers to use model examples of compliant NOEs to avoid denials.
06/07/2024
According to an indictment unsealed June 6, three of the defendants allegedly operated a series of sham hospice companies.
06/03/2024
Of 27 probes completed, 17 providers were found non-compliant and advanced to the next round.
06/02/2024
With new regulations around alternatives to social workers in the hospice interdisciplinary group (IDG), CMS has offered new guidance to state surveyors in Appendix M.
05/31/2024
The company is accused of not paying its employees overtime wages and failing to accurately record employees’ hours worked.

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