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Aveanna Names Matt Buckhalter CFO, Elevating Him From The Interim Tag

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I have great confidence in the collaborative relationship between Matt, serving as our chief financial officer, and Deborah Stewart, continuing to serve in her role as our principal accounting officer. Aveanna provides pediatric care, home health care and hospice care to patients in 33 states.

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Discrepancies In Home Health Enrollment Data Raise Red Flags In Congressional Hearing

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Steel also pointed to a potential discrepancy in the way home health agencies are accounted for, and how HHS and the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) tracks enrollment data. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) grilled the secretary about an apparent lack of progress on curbing certifications for bad actors.

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Getting To Know Laura Tortorella, The Next CEO Of AccentCare

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Also based in Dallas, Steward Health Care operates 33 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. It is also one of the nation’s largest accountable care organizations, according to the company’s website. ” Tortorella joins the home health industry at an interesting time.

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Future Leader: Jeffrey Briggs, Director Of Intake, Family & Nursing Care

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The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. Jeffrey Briggs, the director of intake at the Maryland-based Family & Nursing Care, has been named a 2023 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.

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

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Over the years, Maxim said she has seen providers cutting corners firsthand when hiring accountants to put together cost reports. At the same time, Markette believes CMS is too far removed from the actual day-to-day realities of home health and hospice care. CMS still views hospice like it’s 1979,” he said.

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Future Leader: Nicholas D’Addabbo, Vice President of Strategy, Innovive Health

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The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. Nicholas D’Addabbo, vice president of strategy at Innovive Health, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.

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CMS To End Hospice MA Carve-In: Insights For Home-Based Care Providers

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Along the way, hospice care and other tangential services were supposed to become a larger part of the program. Providers with the means tried to gain more scale to better account for a landscape with the hospice carve-in. VBID was designed to help modernize the MA program. Many providers did adjust operations, though.