Briggs Healthcare

JULY 18, 2022

“After decades of exposés, special commissions, and advocacy, the moment has arrived to commit to making the residential nursing home a good place to live (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2022). The horrendous death toll for nursing home residents and staff, 15.4% 2020; Harrington et al., 2019; Hawes et al.,

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Home Health Care

MAY 30, 2022

The findings throw further support for facility-based care alternatives, including the types of hospital-at-home models that lean heavily on home health and home care agencies. Among their findings, investigators determined that one in four hospitalized Medicare patients experienced harm during their stay.

Hospitals 82

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

“We know from our clinical partners that local hospitals are experiencing a capacity crunch – we’re doing what we can to help,” BCBS of Massachusetts Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sandhya Rao told Home Health Care News in an email. “By Prior authorization requirements will be dropped for home health care in commercial plans by Jan.

Physical Therapy 95

Physical Therapy Patient Safety Hospitals Medicare 95

Home Health Care

AUGUST 24, 2021

On Thursday, the New York Department of Health, Codes Committee of the Public Health and Health Planning Council (PHHPC) will meet to consider implementing an emergency regulation regarding “Prevention of COVID-19 Transmission by Covered Entities.”. CMS raises payment rates for at-home vaccinations.

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Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

2] The increasing demand for these services will also likely proportionally increase health care expenditures of LTSS. trillion spent on personal health care. [3] 3] Notably, the first and second largest payers of LTSS are Medicaid and Medicare, respectively, accounting for 64.1% billion was spent on LTSS. This represents 13.2%

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Home Health Care

MAY 26, 2023

There are a number of key issues that home-based care providers looking to navigate legal and regulatory hurdles need to keep their eye on – some old, and some new. When the industry has pulled together, worked together, and spoken in a singular voice, that has been a very effective strategy,” he said.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 31, 2022

That’s a phased-in approach that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would like to continue in coming years. . “We We now turn to Congress to correct what CMS has done and prevent the impending harm to the 3.2 Traditionally, fee-for-service Medicare has been the best payment source for home health agencies.

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Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 10, 2024

So, unless you’re in one of the few delegated global risk arrangements in this country, there is no money for prevention of the catastrophe, only money to chase health once it has been lost or harmed. As Mostashari said today, it is becoming increasingly clear to primary care practices that the current system is not sustainable.

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Home Health Care

JULY 20, 2022

But historically, as a team, we were focused on being a solution provider to the broader in-home care space. Medicare Advantage is taking share from Medicare, so we are very cognizant of being the first mover in working with the payers. Her role, if I had to define it as one goal, is to prevent hospitalizations.

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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. Arizona’s End of Life and Advanced Care Planning benefit is referenced in its MCO contracts and further described in state regulations.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

“Delaying procedures, reducing spending on preventive care and chronic care, and decreasing adherence to medications may have negative long-term impacts on health status, although the extent is unknown,” PwC notes.

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Telemedicine Hospitals Doctors Prevention 73

Etactics

JANUARY 12, 2023

These regulations apply to anyone and everyone working with PHI. Let’s look at a real-world example… Aveanna Health is a pediatric home care provider that suffered from a phishing attack in August 2019. As much as I would hate for this to happen to you, it's impossible to prevent the theft of your devices with 100% certainty.

Accountability 52

Accountability Hospitals Regulations Healthcare 52

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its FY 2023 home health final payment rule late Monday. It comes with an estimated increase to 2023 home health payments of 0.7%, or $125 million, compared to 2022 aggregate payments. For providers with a Medicare certification date prior to Jan. Other takeaways.

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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 100

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

North Carolina’s comprehensive behavioral health approach included efforts to increase uptake of CoCM through additional training and practice supports and Medicaid rate increases to 120% of Medicare rates for behavioral health providers. An action plan dashboard tracks targets. CMS’s Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive!

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Medicaid Integration Primary Care Nursing 52

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Home Health Care News: Brad, what career experiences do you most draw from in your role today as COO of Careficient? Brad Caldwell: I have been in the home care and hospice space since I was a 22-year-old telehealth sales rep. A few years ago, you would see a company that was 100% Medicare home care only.

Home Care 98

Home Care Accountability Regulations Medicaid 98

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, more hospitals were piloting and planning to move inpatient acute care to certain patients’ home when that made clinical and economic sense. The public health crisis, combined with Medicare Advantage and other payors’ regimes, supported an economic model for the hospital-to-home movement.

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Hospitals Doctors Patient Experience Health Technology 73

NASHP

MAY 20, 2022

Although states can promote family caregiver services through licensure, regulation, and outreach, the most powerful policy lever that states have to increase access is funding key services and supports. California: Extensive use of self-direction as an alternative to out-of-home care. How States Assist Family Caregivers.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership When National Association for Home Care & Hospice President Bill Dombi left a home health care-focused hearing in Washington D.C., That’s because, after a long two years for home health providers and advocates, things were finally starting to look up.

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