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

Home Health Care

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. Over the years, Maxim said she has seen providers cutting corners firsthand when hiring accountants to put together cost reports.

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Exploring What An Amedisys Divestment Strategy Could Look Like

Home Health Care

In the case of Amedisys, regulators are likely spending more time evaluating industry-competition ramifications because UnitedHealth Group and Optum acquired one of Amedisys’ largest competitors, LHC Group, at the beginning of 2023. Those two entities alone accounted for nearly half of all 2023 MA enrollment.

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Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care

NASHP

Arizona’s End of Life and Advanced Care Planning benefit is referenced in its MCO contracts and further described in state regulations. Adults may receive benefits along with curative care until they choose to receive hospice. Children may access services along with both curative and hospice care.

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Key Healthcare Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sheppard Health Law

In addition to funding, the Act modifies certain telehealth provisions, expands and extends components of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and supports initiatives within the behavioral health and substance use treatment spaces. Recertification of Eligibility for Hospice Care. Medicare Extension & Adjustments.

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Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties

KHN

Federal regulators, meanwhile, are almost blind to the incursion, since private equity typically acquires practices and hospitals below the regulatory radar. Some injured patients are turning to the courts in hopes of holding the firms accountable for what the patients view as lapses in care or policies that favor profits over patients.

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Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties

KHN

Federal regulators, meanwhile, are almost blind to the incursion, since private equity typically acquires practices and hospitals below the regulatory radar. Some injured patients are turning to the courts in hopes of holding the firms accountable for what the patients view as lapses in care or policies that favor profits over patients.

Doctors 52