Home Health Line Breaking News
11/19/2024
A new memo for state surveyors highlights several areas where they’re best-positioned to identify and report fraud during hospice provider surveys.
11/18/2024
It was another strong month where home health care services led all health care sectors.
11/13/2024
Agencies that have received a letter of non-compliance with the Home Health Quality Reporting Program requirements have until Nov. 27 to request reconsideration.
11/11/2024
Potential updated HHCAHPS measures have been submitted through the pre-rulemaking review process.
11/10/2024
To avoid liability, agencies need to routinely check the List of Excluded Individuals/Entitites to ensure that new hires and current employees are not on it.
11/05/2024
Home health advocates note the national rate increase of 0.5% is far from enough to address rising costs, and the payment cut relief offered by CMS this year just pushes the rest of the payment cut down the road for future claw backs and deeper payment cuts.
11/03/2024
The KFF report noted that, compared with registered nurses, higher percentages of aides and LPNs are younger, Black or Hispanic, low wage and covered by Medicaid or uninsured.
11/02/2024
A Missouri woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on accusations she defrauded the state’s Medicaid program out of more than $3 million over more than a decade.
11/01/2024
The home health industry received a surprise third reprieve from payment cuts expected in 2025 with a 0.5% aggregate pay increase set in the Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule released late Friday, Nov. 1. 
10/29/2024
In June, CMS proposed a 1.7% cut to the national standardized 30-day period payment rate in 2025.

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