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Home Health Care Policies: CMS Implementing Premium Stabilization Programs
Home Health Care Policies - Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took the next steps in implementing two of the Affordable Care Act’s premium stabilization programs – risk adjustment and reinsurance – that help keep premiums affordable and provide consumers with a...
Home Health and Assisted Living Cost Comparison
A report recently published by the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that payments via Medicare for hospice services in assisted living facilities have increased nearly twofold in the past five years when cared to other options such as home health...
Home Health Medicare News: Healthcare Reform Saves More than $25 Million in First Year, According to CMS
Home Health Care Policies - Los Angeles to Raise Minimum Home Care Wages
Home Health Care Policies- Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to raise the wage of about 140,000 home healthcare workers from $9.65 an hour to $11.18 over the next year and a half.
It was the first major decision on salaries made since a new board majority took office in...
Home Health Software: How to Transition to Electronic Records
Transitioning into a new EMR (electronic medical records) home health software system can be a frightening and intimidating process for many agencies. Without proper planning, the process can indeed turn somewhat chaotic and cause more problems than it was intended to solve. We at...
Home Health Care Policies - Poor Medication Management Among Patients
Home Health Care Policies - MacMaster University in Canada has recently released a new study, led by Robby Nieuwlaat, showing that half of patients do not take their medications as prescribed, despite any medication teaching interventions that may be in place. Non-adherence to the...
2.5 Million More Home Health Care Workers Needed by 2030
Home Health Care News - A recent study by UC San Francisco researchers has purported to show that as many as 2.5 million additional home health employees will be required to provide service to American seniors. This comes as no surprise, given the enormous increase of the senior...
Medicare News: CMS finalizes rules for Medicare Shared Savings Program
Home Health Medicare News - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today released a final rule updating the Medicare Shared Savings Program to encourage the delivery of high-quality care for Medicare beneficiaries and build on the early successes of the program and of the...
