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Nathan Hope

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Home Health Care Policies - Elder Care Options for Full Time Employees

Home Health Care Policies: Employers Begin Addressing the Needs of Employees Responsible for Elder Care

As a larger amount of the population continues to age, planning for the methods and costs of care by loved ones is an increasingly vital task. As it turns out, many employers are...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Mar 23, 2016

Home Health Care Policies: Program Integrity Enhancements to the Provider Enrollment Process

Posted by Nathan Hope on Mar 21, 2016

Home Health Care Policies: Competitive bidding program shows successful results

Home Health Care Policies: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced the new single payment amounts and began sending contract offers to successful bidders for Medicare’s Round 2 Recompete and the national mail-order recompete Durable Medical Equipment,...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Mar 16, 2016

Home Health Care Policies: Skilled Nursing Facility Utilization and Payment Data

Home Health Care Policies: The Skilled Nursing Facility Utilization and Payment Public Use File (SNF PUF) contains information on utilization, payments, and submitted charges organized by provider, state, and resource utilization group (RUG). The data include information on 15,055...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Mar 14, 2016

Home Health Care Policies: Select Alternative Payment Models

Posted by Nathan Hope on Mar 9, 2016

Report: Many Homebound Seniors Not Receiving Home Health Care

A recent study has shown that a very large percentage of Medicare beneficiaries that are homebound are not receiving home care or other similar medical services. This indicates a broad market of seniors that may not be receiving the kinds of home care services that could be beneficial...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Mar 7, 2016

Home Health Care Policies: Medicare Advantage Premiums Stable

Home Health Care Policies - Medicare Advantage premiums remain stable; enrollment at all-time high Seniors and people with disabilities will have continued access to a wide range of Medicare health and drug plans in 2016

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Mar 4, 2016

Home Health Policies: Public Provider and Supplier Enrollment Files

Home Health Policies: Public Provider and Supplier Enrollment Files

Posted by Nathan Hope on Mar 2, 2016