NASHP

JANUARY 12, 2024

Direct care workers — such as personal care and home care aides as well as certified nursing assistants — provide care services to individuals and older adults with complex needs. States have responded to this call for action and are integrating principles of equity and inclusivity into their state plans on aging.

Medicaid 62

Medicaid Nursing Accountability Integration 62

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday launched a “one-stop shop” for state Medicaid agencies and in-home care stakeholders. The goal of the new digital tool is to “advance transparency and innovation” for home- and community-based services (HCBS), according to the agency.

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Medicaid Home Care Quality of Care Nursing 93

Home Health Care

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Even more than the pandemic, the past 12 months have been about industry-shaping deals that will continue to shape the in-home care narrative for years to come. Reflect back on this year in home-based care by revisiting 10 of HHCN’s most widely read stories. and several other countries. That’s not our future.

Home Care 88

Home Care Nursing Quality of Care Hospitals 88

Home Health Care

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are increasingly delegating the management of their home health spend to conveners. With MA outpacing fee-for-service in growth, home health providers are increasingly trying to figure out how to best work with the MA subsection of their business. Paul Kusserow; President and CEO, Amedisys Inc.

Home Care 103

Home Care Nursing Prevention Medicare 103

Home Health Care

JANUARY 4, 2023

This article is based on a Home Health Care News discussion with Hannah Luetke-Stahlman, Vice President of Solutions Management at WellSky, and Sheila Davis, Senior Vice President of Area Operations at Always Best Care. The discussion took place on November 16, 2022, during the HHCN Home Care Conference in Chicago.

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Home Care Integration Regulations Hospitals 103

HIT Consultant

MAY 31, 2022

All the signs point to a bright and expansive future for hospital-at-home programs, which have been growing steadily since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) created the Acute Hospital at Home waiver program in November 2020. Humana acquired Kindred at Home and One Homecare Solutions, both of which offer in-home care.

Hospitals 98

Hospitals Patient Experience Home Care Medicaid 98

Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) needs to be doing its part. CMS has also made it a point to make sure beneficiaries have their voices heard in terms of how they receive HCBS care. Beneficiaries should absolutely have a voice, but providers are an integral piece of this puzzle,” Goodwin said. “In

Medicaid 95

Medicaid Quality of Care Regulations Medicare 95

Home Health Care

JUNE 9, 2022

“We’re seeing a massive shift to value-based care versus our previous form of care, which was volume-based,” says Erika Sessions, director of compliance and policy development for online caregiver training platform CareAcademy. That will ultimately benefit the quality of care.”. This article is sponsored by CareAcademy.

Care Transition 105

Care Transition Quality of Care Accountability Medicaid 105

Home Health Care

MAY 12, 2022

The appointment followed reports that Colorado’s Department of Health Care Policy and Financing and the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) stopped reimbursing InnovAge for new clients. An audit found that clients were not receiving all of the PACE required care services, according to reports from the Denver Post.

Quality of Care 52

Quality of Care Regulations Medicaid Home Care 52

NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

State health reform efforts increasingly focus on providing comprehensive and well-coordinated care to people with serious illness to improve quality of care and drive down costs. The state began implementation of palliative care legislation with an analysis of state Medicaid claims and encounter data.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Quality Assurance Quality of Care Hospitals 52

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

It includes examples from various states organized by the framework buckets: integrated primary and behavioral health care, crisis continuum of care, in-home and in-community based, and out-of-home and community.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Integration Primary Care Nursing 52

NASHP

OCTOBER 22, 2021

People with serious and life-threatening health conditions experience care needs that drive costs, including hospital admissions , emergency department utilization , and nursing home care. Rhode Island is another state that has invested in coordinated care for complex populations enrolled in Medicaid. The state and U.S.

Medicaid 100

Medicaid Hospice Care Integration Regulations 100

Home Health Care

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Data analytics are increasingly important for providers as health care continues to shift from fee-for-service payment models to value-based care. How can in-home care providers leverage analytics to realize meaningful improvements in quality of care outcomes and staffing retention? Little: Absolutely.

Quality of Care 94

Quality of Care Population Health Hospitals Patient Experience 94

NASHP

MAY 20, 2022

Supporting family caregivers can be an effective rebalancing strategy, as the care they provide allows for a greater number of individuals to remain at home and in the community. Recent research indicates that unmet training needs of caregivers correlated to greater acute care utilization for Medicare home health beneficiaries.

Medicaid 113

Medicaid Nursing Hospitals Home Care 113