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‘We Will Be Paying For This For Years’: 8 Home Health C-Suite Leaders Sound Off On ‘Alarming’ Medicare Cuts

Home Health Care

The main headline was CMS’ decision to propose a home health payment decrease of 2.2%. As a response, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) filed a lawsuit against CMS and the U.S. These alternatives bear greater expense to the health care continuum as a whole and counters the goal of aging in place.

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The Direct Care Workforce

NASHP

By improving coordination, states can more effectively target common barriers to employment (e.g., While there is no national standard for PCA training, through the National Direct Service Workforce Resource Center, CMS has developed a set of core competencies for direct care workers. Adult Family Home. LTC Worker Training.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

In addition to funding mobile response services, Connecticut has also established a Mobile Crisis Intervention Services Performance Improvement Center (PIC) to support the collection and analysis of data, implement quality improvement activities, and support providers to enhance their clinical competencies and delivery of MCIS.