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With Medicaid Access Rule Finalized, Home Care Providers Enter ‘Wait-And-See’ Mode

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This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership On Tuesday, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officials vehemently backed the thought process behind the “80-20” wage mandate in home- and community-based services (HCBS). National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) President William A.

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Home Care Unionization Efforts Beginning To Tick Back Up

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The home care workforce has traditionally been a tough one to organize. Recently, University of Rochester Medicine Home Care (URMHC) workers “overwhelmingly” chose to join a labor union. Home care providers have had greater challenges than we’ve ever seen before.

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Medicaid Wage Proposal Could Prompt HCBS Operators To Exit Market, Discourage New Providers From Entering

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published two proposed rules that have major implications for home-based care providers. said during a Home Care Association of America webinar on Thursday. The provision may also lead to providers dropping Medicaid services. “As

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New York’s Mandated Home Care Wage Increases ‘Haven’t Actually Addressed The Issue’

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Before other states start to consider minimum wage increases for home care workers, it would be beneficial for them to understand what has – and hasn’t – gone well in New York. In the spring of 2022, New York legislators passed a law that gave home care workers an extra $1 per hour above the state’s $15 minimum wage.

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As Home Care Workers Unionize, Key Questions Come Into Play For Providers

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Provider leaders see home care union demands as unrealistic. Private-pay home care is the exception, where agencies can pass additional wage costs onto the consumer. Home care unionization efforts ticked up prior to the pandemic, but slowed once COVID-19 began to spread. At least for now. Yes,” he said.

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The ‘Strange Tension’ That Exists Between Consumer-Directed Models, Regulations Surrounding Them

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This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership At some point in their lives, most Americans will need some type of in-home care support. The issue is that — due to the caregiver shortage, the rising cost of care, Medicaid qualifications and a number of other factors — many of them won’t be able to afford it.

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Why Accurate Cost Reporting Could Be Key To Higher Rates In Home Health Care

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) decides to do with its home health final payment rule , industry experts believe providers need to drastically improve their cost reporting data. Markette has seen this same type of confusion in Indiana in the Medicaid space. Regardless of what the U.S.