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6 Company Leaders On What The Medicaid Access Rule Means For The Future Of Home Care

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Now that the Medicaid Access Rule has been finalized , home-based care’s company leaders have had time to digest it, and consider what it means for the future of the space. Also excluded are all the other costs that come with running a home care agency.

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CMS Medicaid Proposals Offer Transparency And Accountability, But Compensation Provision Could Cap Business For Cash-Strapped Providers

Home Health Care

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new rule that would make major changes to the way that home care workers are compensated under Medicaid. The Frisco, Texas-based Addus currently provides home-based care services to approximately 46,500 consumers through 202 locations across 22 states.

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Emerging Respite Care Strategies in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waivers for Older Adults, Adults with Physical Disabilities, and their Family Caregivers

NASHP

Respite care is a service typically delivered in the home or a facility-based setting that provides short-term relief for caregivers. It is one of the most desired caregiver services , and Medicaid is one policy lever to fund it. nursing home) to receive long-term care services in their home and community.

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Government Watchdog Agency Signs Off On CMS Home Health Final Payment Rule

Home Health Care

Government Accountability Office (GAO) has signed off on the home health payment rule finalized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last month. Advocates for the home health care industry, like William A.

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State Community Health Worker Models

NASHP

The information on this map comes from a 50-state survey of a variety of stakeholders, ranging from Medicaid officials to Community Health Workers, on their states’ approaches?to?integrating?CHWs ACO Accountable Care Organizations. CBCM Community Based Care Management Program. MHP Medicaid Health Plans.

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Protecting Seniors and People with Disabilities by Improving Safety and Quality of Care in the Nation’s Nursing Homes

Briggs Healthcare

The pandemic has highlighted the tragic impact of substandard conditions at nursing homes, which are home to many of our most at-risk community members. million people live in over 15,500 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes across the nation. More than 1.4 Reduce Resident Room Crowding.

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Voices: Beth Ann Longo, Associate Director, Department of Research, The Joint Commission

Home Health Care

How did you measure the quality of that data and quantify those values in a comparable and accessible way? Longo : There are nearly 11,000 home health agencies that report data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. For home care specifically, how does better quality translate to better business?