Home Health Care

MARCH 21, 2024

Steel also pointed to a potential discrepancy in the way home health agencies are accounted for, and how HHS and the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) tracks enrollment data. The post Discrepancies In Home Health Enrollment Data Raise Red Flags In Congressional Hearing appeared first on Home Health Care News.

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Medicare Medicaid Hospice Care Integration 109

Sheppard Health Law

DECEMBER 1, 2023

HHS-OIG conducted investigations resulting in 661 criminal actions against individuals related to Medicare and Medicaid, as well as 726 civil actions, including false claims, unjust-enrichment lawsuits, and civil monetary penalty settlements. Enhancing program integrity in noninstitutional care settings, such as home health and hospice care.

Telemedicine 52

Telemedicine Hospice Care Medicaid Medicare 52

Home Health Care

MARCH 8, 2023

The Frisco, Texas-based Addus provides personal care, home health care and hospice care, but personal care makes up the great majority of its revenue. Overall, the company provides home-based care services to about 46,500 consumers through 202 locations across 22 states.

Medicaid 97

Medicaid Home Care Hospice Care 97

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We are really trying to elevate the awareness of home care, home health, and what all can be done in the home.” In the 2022 session, the state received a 7% increase in Medicaid rates for home care. We have Medicaid rates that are $40-$50 lower than commercial payers, or even Medicare,” he said. “As

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Home Care Medicaid Nursing Hospice Care 124

Home Health Care

AUGUST 23, 2023

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. At the same time, Markette believes CMS is too far removed from the actual day-to-day realities of home health and hospice care.

Law Firms 94

Law Firms Medicaid Hospice Care Regulations 94

Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Though home-based care is more in demand than it has ever been, home health providers are trying to navigate the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) slashing payment rates and Medicare Advantage’s growing influence. .” Tortorella joins the home health industry at an interesting time.

Urgent Care 110

Urgent Care Hospice Care Accountability Accountable Care 110

Home Health Care

MARCH 22, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is giving home health providers in North Carolina and Florida time to acclimate to the full implementation of Review Choice Demonstration (RCD). For providers in North Carolina and Florida, the rollout of RCD has meant keeping an eye out for key changes. . NAHC was not alone in its advocacy.

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Hospice Care Home Care Medicare Medicaid 108

Home Health Care

JANUARY 26, 2024

This topic – home health providers’ collective ability to accept patients – was directly addressed in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2024 final payment rule. The Dallas-based Enhabit is one of the largest independent providers of home health and hospice care in the country.

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Medicare Hospice Care Hospitals Medicaid 103

NASHP

MARCH 15, 2023

Palliative care can be an important component of these strategies. Palliative care is an interdisciplinary service addressing the symptoms and stresses of serious illness. Unlike hospice care, palliative care can benefit people with serious illness prior to end-of-life and is provided concurrently with curative treatment.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Primary Care Integration Nursing 52

Home Health Care

APRIL 21, 2023

Those trends are especially noteworthy amid looming payment rate cuts from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). But what we’ve learned in the past few years is we actually can do more clinically complex care at home.” They are also causing home health providers to redefine operational best practices.

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Hospice Care Nursing Medicaid Hospitals 104

Home Health Care

JANUARY 20, 2023

VCU Health at Home’s service lines includes home-based primary care, primary and specialty telehealth appointments, remote patient monitoring as well as skilled home health and hospice care. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acute Hospital Care At Home waiver program. “We

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Quaternary Care Hospitals Hospice Care Primary Care 93

Home Health Care

MARCH 7, 2024

But the failure of hospice’s fit within VBID points to larger problems that exist somewhere between home-based care providers and MA plans. Along the way, hospice care and other tangential services were supposed to become a larger part of the program. VBID was designed to help modernize the MA program.

Medicare 99

Medicare Home Care Hospice Care Accountability 99

Briggs Healthcare

JULY 25, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “Last week, regulators rolled out enhanced oversight for new hospices in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. Under the new protocol, inspectors must sample data from multiple locations where the hospice operates and evaluate a broader range of metrics.

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Hospice Care Regulations Medicare Medicaid 40

Briggs Healthcare

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Many Americans rely on hospice care for end-of-life support. million Americans received hospice care, with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) spending $20.9 billion on hospice services (MedPAC, 2021). High quality hospice services are critical to terminally ill patients.

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Hospice Care Quality of Care Integration Medicaid 52

Home Health Care

MAY 12, 2022

Based in Atlanta, Aveanna Healthcare (Nasdaq: AVAH) delivers home health, private-duty services and hospice care to a broad range of patients in 30 states. Though it is now heavily invested in the senior home health space, it began as one of the nation’s largest at-home pediatric care provider.

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Hospice Care Nursing Medicaid Hospitals 105

Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 5, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On March 31, 2023, CMS posted FY2024 Hospice Payment Rate Update Proposed Rule Fact Sheet.

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Hospice Care Medicare Regulations Medicaid 40

Briggs Healthcare

JULY 28, 2022

Today (July 27, 2022), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule (CMS-1773-F). For the Hospice Quality Reporting Program, the final rule provides an update on the development of a patient assessment instrument, titled Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE).

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Hospice Care Medicaid Medicare Healthcare 52

Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gave health systems and providers the ability to take hospital at home as a concept and run with it during the public health emergency (PHE). The Brentwood, Tennessee-based Compassus offers home health care services, plus infusion therapy, palliative care and hospice care.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

“We really believe that that’s going to be the way that you succeed financially,” Ponder-Stansel told Home Health Care News. The Jacksonville, Florida-based Alivia Care provides home health care, hospice care, personal care, palliative care, advanced care planning and other services across Northern Florida and Southern Georgia.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Ed and his team are extremely well respected and have a strong reputation for delivering high-quality personal care services to seniors across Massachusetts,” Michael Trigilio, CEO of HouseWorks, said in a statement. Residential has managed home health and hospice services for Edward-Elmhurst Health for more than a decade.

Home Care 52

Home Care Healthcare Hospice Care Nursing 52

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 31, 2022

This rule announces a potential future update to the CAHPS Hospice Survey, which is used to collect data on experiences of hospice care from primary caregivers of hospice patients. Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare.

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Hospice Care Medicare Medicaid Hospitals 52

Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania-based Griswold Home Care currently provides personal care services across 200 locations in 30 states. The franchiser has seven corporate-owned offices and also offers hospice care at some of its locations, plus an array of other services aimed at enabling aging in place.

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Home Care Hospice Care Medicaid Medicare 99

Home Health Care

APRIL 11, 2024

It also would make Optum a hospice leader – and I question just how valuable that is for UnitedHealth Group. As of December 2023, Amedisys had 165 Medicare-certified hospice care centers in over 30 states. For full-year 2023, the hospice business line brought in $798.8 million in net services revenue.

Medicare 59

Medicare Regulations Hospice Care Accountability 59

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Home Health Care News: Why don’t we all just talk about what your organization does and what you do for them? Ashley Puchalski: I’m with Ohio’s Hospice. We service about 60 of the 88 counties in Ohio, providing hospice care throughout the state. You’re looking at your margin profiles.

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Nursing Medicaid Accountability Home Care 90

Home Health Care

JUNE 7, 2022

That’s especially true for health plans and health systems following the introduction of the COVID-related Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in November 2020. Creating that seamless experience, in our opinion, makes Amedisys and Contessa second to none in the country.

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Hospitals Home Care Hospice Care Prevention 110

NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

There are a number of strategies state health officials can use as they build sustainable access to palliative care services in their Medicaid programs. Target Populations That Could Benefit from Palliative Care Services Use data to identify Medicaid enrollees with serious illness.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Quality Assurance Quality of Care Hospitals 52

Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 6, 2023

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. Medicaid & CHIP Adjustments.

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Healthcare Medicaid Medicare Hospitals 52

Home Health Care

APRIL 20, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is making ownership data for all Medicare-certified home health and hospice agencies publicly available. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the news early Thursday.

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Hospice Care Medicare Medicaid Nursing 98

Home Health Care

JULY 28, 2023

The Sunrise, Florida-based company – a part of Caring Brands International, which Sheets also was the CEO of – also provides personal care, hospice care, palliative care, pediatric care and staffing services. locations, it cares for about 200,000 individuals per year. Through its over 330 U.S.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Home Care Hospice Care Nursing 98

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 17, 2022

Here’s a look at the contents: “Projections for the Future : Total annual payments for health care, long-term care and hospice care for people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias are projected to increase from $321 billion in 2022 to just under $1 trillion in 2050 (in 2022 dollars).

Medicare 105

Medicare Hospice Care Primary Care Medicaid 105

Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) home health proposed payment rule – which would slash rates by 2.2%, or an estimated $375 million less compared to 2023 levels – drew the ire of the industry’s heaviest hitters during the public comment period. The comments were critical of the proposed rule itself.

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Medicare Hospice Care Primary Care Accountability 105

Home Health Care

AUGUST 11, 2022

Based in Atlanta, Aveanna delivers home health, private-duty services and hospice care to a broad range of patients in 30 states. Though it is now heavily invested in the senior home health space, it began as one of the nation’s largest at-home pediatric care providers.

Nursing 85

Nursing Hospice Care Medicaid Medicare 85

NASHP

OCTOBER 16, 2023

One of the first notable accomplishments of this council included developing and launching the Texas Health and Human Services system supportive palliative care and hospice care websites, which include resources for patients, families , and professionals. Oregon leveraged its Patient-Centered Primary Care Home Program (PCPCH).

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Hospice Care Medicaid Rehabilitation 52

Sheppard Health Law

MARCH 3, 2023

This surge was facilitated, in part, by certain flexibilities authorized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in its response to the public health emergency (“PHE”) declared in March of 2020 and which was repeatedly renewed until now. On January 30, 2023, President Joe Biden announced that the PHE would end on May 11, 2023.

Hospice Care 52

Hospice Care Telemedicine Nursing Accountability 52

Etactics

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

State Medicaid and Medicare Part D plans make up the primary payers. One of the most important services to consider when evaluating a long-term care facility is what pharmacy they work with. Hospice Billing - End-of-life medication billing. Sent to a hospice care plan.

Medicare 52

Medicare Nursing Hospice Care Patient Safety 52

Home Health Care

JUNE 20, 2023

I worked in the ER and hospitals and witnessed the end result of this fragmentation and uncoordinated care that was failing our patients, and so it started to give me a picture of the gaps in the access to care and what needed to be done to help fill that. The disenrollment rate for PACE is 5% less than the Medicare Advantage plans.

Home Care 105

Home Care Nursing Hospitals Prevention 105

Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 24, 2023

For the first time, anyone can now review detailed information on the ownership of more than 6,000 hospices and 11,000 home health agencies certified to participate in the Medicare program on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website.

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Medicare Hospice Care Nursing Quality of Care 40