Home Health Care Policies - 2015 Home Health Face to Face Requirements
Home Health Care Policies- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized clarifications and revisions to policies regarding physician certification and recertification of patient eligibility for Medicare home health services in the CY 2015 HH PPS final rule which was...
Home Health Care Policies: NAHC Responds to FY2016 Hospice Payment Rules
Home Health Care Policies: On April 30, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its proposed rule governing payment and policy changes for the 2016 fiscal year beginning October 1, 2015. The proposed rule contains numerous policy changes in the hospice arena as...
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...
