Briggs Healthcare

JUNE 28, 2023

Both the changes to Nursing Home Care Compare and the publishing of the Nursing Home Affiliated Entity Performance Measures dataset on data.cms.gov will take place on June 28, 2023. Affiliated entity names and ID numbers will be published in the ownership sections for each facility on Nursing Home Care Compare.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 15, 2024

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced a new proposed model that will undoubtedly affect home health providers, and also allow them the opportunity to get more involved in value-based care initiatives. Much of the specifics are still to be decided,” NAHC President William A.

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Many aging veterans rely on nursing home care to meet their daily needs. billion for veteran nursing home care provided in state veterans homes. GAO conducted a nationwide survey to collect information on the 153 state veterans homes providing nursing home care.

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Home Care Nursing Regulations Medicaid 52

Home Health Care

MARCH 28, 2022

Florida Blue Medicare — the state’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare plan — is collaborating with Emcara Health to offer eligible members access to home-based primary care. The collaboration reflects how payers are increasingly turning to in-home care organizations of all shapes and sizes.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 22, 2024

The White House teased the finalized Medicaid Access Rule early Monday, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) later revealed more intricate details attached to the rule. I think disappointed is probably a better word,” National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) President William A.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 28, 2022

Home care franchise giant Seniors Helpers entered this year with big ambitions, partly fueled by its April 2021 acquisition by Advocate Aurora Enterprises. For our latest episode of “Disrupt,” Home Health Care News caught up with Ross to learn more about Senior Helpers’ plans in 2022 and its relationship with Advocate.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Now that the final home health payment rule for 2022 has been floating around for a few days, industry insiders have had time to pick it apart and zero in on key changes, including the nationwide expansion of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model. This delay will give home health providers across the U.S.

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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 1, 2022

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. Establish a Minimum Nursing Home Staffing Requirement.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 3, 2024

“We continuously evaluate all our programs to ensure our members are receiving the highest quality of care and work closely with our provider partners to decrease their administrative burden wherever possible,” Dr. Hemant Hora, senior medical director at Point32Health, told Home Health Care News in an email. “We

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This article is based on a Home Health Care News discussion with Lucas O’Connell, VP of Operations at AssuranceSD, Francesca Rinaldo, head of clinical strategy for home care at Sharecare, and Christina Andrews, senior director of professional services at Axxess. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership In the last home health proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency in charge of reimbursement rates sent out a request for information on home health aide utilization. million to 2.1 million in that same 18-month period of time.”

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Seniors on Medicare Advantage health plans may not always be receiving high quality care, a new study shows. The study’s authors concluded that paying higher premiums is not always necessary when seniors are trying to receive high quality care from an MA plan.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 2, 2024

Devoted Health, a next-generation Medicare Advantage plan and tech-enabled startup , made a financial splash to end 2023 – announcing $175 million in new funding. The Massachusetts-based Devoted Health is an all-in-one health care company that delivers virtual-first care and insurance to primarily Medicare Advantage patients.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 25, 2021

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is sure to add more fuel to the fire for the “Choose Home” initiative and other movements aiming to bring more care into the home. The potential impact on legislation. Introduced to the U.S. We adamantly oppose this bill in its current form,” its statement read.

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Nursing Home Care Medicare Accountability 102

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 8, 2022

President Joe Biden’s top Medicare official suggested Wednesday that forthcoming rules to bolster nursing home staffing won’t be issued under a mechanism, known as interim final rules, that would allow regulations to take effect more or less immediately. The quality-of-care issues are not solely found in the U.S.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 31, 2023

Medicare fee-for-service rates are not where home health providers want them to be. We are payer agnostic, but we’re payer selective,” Traditions Health CEO David Klementz said Thursday at Home Health Care News’ Capital + Strategy event in Washington, D.C. From my perspective, it’s two-fold,” he said. “On

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Home Health Care

JULY 18, 2022

To pull this off, the hospital has formed a partnership with the Visiting Nurse Association of Florida (VNA), a home health agency. Together, the two organizations have formed TGH Home Care, powered by VNA of Florida. Meanwhile, VNA is a Medicare-certified agency that delivers care in the home setting.

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Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 24, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is releasing ownership data for all Medicare-certified hospice and home health agencies. It’s plain and simple: families deserve transparency when making decisions about hospice and home health care for their loved ones,” said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Any day now, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will release the 2024 home health final payment rule. In anticipation, home health providers and advocates have been appealing to Congress, educating, calling to action on social media and more. The future of the home health program depends on these efforts.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Since its implementation in 2020, the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) has loomed large in the home health space. Now, PDGM is a driving force behind much of the transaction activity taking place in this space, according to Linda Murphy, COO and founder of Concierge Home Care. Let’s see what it looks like.’

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Home Health Care

APRIL 23, 2022

The Vistria Group-backed Help at Home is one of the larger home care organizations in the U.S. At Help at Home, 90% of the company’s funding comes from state government programs from Medicaid. On the other end, when looking at the Medicare reimbursement landscape for home health providers, William A.

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Medicaid Medicare Home Care Quality of Care 98

Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), doubled down on its work to protect nursing home residents and their caregivers from illegal methods of guaranteeing payment for care. Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare.

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Home Health Care

MAY 25, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published two proposed rules that have major implications for home-based care providers. said during a Home Care Association of America webinar on Thursday.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 31, 2023

This is because most of the biggest issues have already been addressed by Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). There’s a lot of pieces that are still missing related to home infusion, home dialysis, home-based primary care, home-based imaging, home-based labs and even Medicare personal care services.

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Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 22, 2022

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an informational bulletin detailing actions that states can take using existing Medicaid authorities to drive better health outcomes for nursing home residents and improve staff pay, training, and retention efforts.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 9, 2022

health care system has learned that home-based care companies are well-positioned to respond to unique challenges, with at-home care approaches often boosting patient satisfaction, lowering costs and improving quality of care. Over the past few years, the U.S.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 2, 2022

Among other things, reforms include establishing minimum staffing requirements and examining the growing role of PE in the nursing home sector. These actions were developed by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the White House stated.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 17, 2022

The end of 2021 brought a handful of key home health policy issues to a temporary conclusion, including the congressionally secured delay to Medicare sequestration. starting with Choose Home. Read on to learn more about: — The major policy and regulatory issues impacting home health and home care in 2022. —

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Home Health Care

JUNE 28, 2023

Riggins is a veteran of the home health space, but has been thrust into RCD given the VitalCaring’s footprint in Texas and Florida, two of the five states where the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) demonstration is active. There are pros and cons to each option. National expansion next?

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Home Care Regulations Medicare Quality of Care 73

Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The HHVBP Model aimed to improve the quality and efficiency of home health services to Medicare beneficiaries. CMS first adjusted Medicare payments by up to ±3% in 2018, using agencies’ 2016 TPS. million home health episodes to over 751,000 Medicare beneficiaries.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 16, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as of Tuesday morning. From the start, home health stakeholders took issue with CMS’ methodology for determining whether the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) led to budget-neutral spending in 2020. Overall, industry stakeholders had submitted 691 comments to the U.S. Although a 2.9%

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s final rule includes definitions of private equity and real estate investment trusts, setting the stage for identifying whether a nursing home belongs to one of these types of owners. Taking steps to help consumers to learn more about the owners of a nursing home will allow them to make the choice that best meets their needs.” “CMS

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 25, 2021

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first released its home health proposed payment rule for 2022, its nationwide expansion of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model was recognized as a potential game-changer for the home health industry.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

SCAN Group has entered into the in-home senior primary care space with the launch of Welcome Health. Dr. Scott Weingarten will serve as CEO of the independent primary care medical group moving forward. Welcome Health will care for predominantly Medicare Advantage patients,” Weingarten told Home Health Care News.

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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.

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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.

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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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