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Nathan Hope

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Home Health Care Policies: CMS states consumers can soon search plans by preferred health providers

Home Health Care Policies: HealthCare.gov Pilots New Doctor Lookup Feature

Posted by Nathan Hope on Nov 9, 2015

Home Health Care Policies: 2016 Final Rule for Provider Medicare Reimbursement

Home Health Care Policies: CMS Finalizes 2016 Medicare Payment Rules for Physicians, Hospitals & Other Providers

Posted by Nathan Hope on Nov 4, 2015

Home Health Care Policies: Potential New Discharge Planning Rules

Home Health Care Policies: Discharge Planning Proposed Rule Focuses on Patient Preferences

Posted by Nathan Hope on Nov 2, 2015

Home Health Care Policies: New EHR Incentive and IT Certification Final Rule

Home Health Care Policies via CMS

Posted by Nathan Hope on Oct 28, 2015

Guide to 2016 Presidential Budget for Home Health

The Kaiser Family Foundation has published a report this week outlining the major Medicare-related budgetary changes in the President’s budget for FY2016. Major key points of the budget included reductions to Medicare spending by $423 billion between 2016 and 2025. The summary provided...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Oct 21, 2015

Home Health Care Policies: New DME utilization and payment data released

Home Health Care Policies: New Medicare utilization and payment data available for medical equipment, supplies Data serves as comprehensive resource for information on durable medical equipment costs and services

Posted by Nathan Hope on Oct 19, 2015

Home Health Care Policies: CMS launches new ACO dialysis model

Home Health Care Policies- More than 600,000 Americans have end-stage renal disease (ESRD), also known as kidney failure, and require life sustaining dialysis treatments several times per week. These individuals typically have many health problems, are at higher risk of hospital...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Oct 16, 2015

Home Health Care Policies: Quality of Personal Care Assistant Training

Home Health Care Policies: The National Landscape of Personal Care Aide Training Standards

A new report published by UCSF Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care (HWRC) indicated that there’s a major lack of proper training for personal care aids. The report states that...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Oct 12, 2015