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Home Health Care Policies: Record Setting Mergers and Acquisitions in 2014

Home Health Care Policies - The home health industry has undoubtedly seen a recent boom in chain expansion. For many agencies, it’s a tactic for survival rather than profit. A recent report by Irving Levin Associates has confirmed that mergers and acquisitions in home health agencies...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jan 28, 2015

Home Health Care Policies: CMS Publishes Primary Care Initiative Results

Home Health Care Policies via CMS.gov:

By Dr. Patrick Conway, CMS Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality and Chief Medical Officer has stated:

"Today, we at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are excited to announce the promising findings from two large-scale...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jan 26, 2015

Home Health Care Policies: Bipartisan Support for DME Bidding Reform

Home Health Care Policies- Among the sweeping new regulations introduced regarding Medicare and Medicaid operations, one particular proposal regarding durable medical equipment (DME) has been one of many highly contested topics. However, a recent proposal to change legislation...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jan 23, 2015

Home Health Management: Study Finds Hospice Chains Growing Quickly

Home Health Management- Recently, a new study has found that hospices are becoming an increasingly profitable business model. In fact, hospices are transforming into a large industry filled with multi-chain and multi-state networks. A new study conducted recently has confirmed that...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jan 21, 2015

Home Health Care Policies: Medicare Chief Resigns

Home Health Care Policies- Medicare’s top administrator, Marilyn Tavenner, unexpectedly stepped down from her position on Friday. This comes amid turmoil regarding new legislation and requirements for health insurance, as well as caregiving employees

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jan 19, 2015

Home Health Care Policies: Report on the “Rising Cost of Living Longer”

Home Health Care Policies- The Kaiser Family Foundation has published some highly informative reports regarding health care spending lately. This week KFF released a report outlining the cost of living longer and an analysis of year-by-year spending for elderly patients. More...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jan 16, 2015

Home Health Care Policies: Overtime Protections Overturned by Federal Court

Home Health Care Policies- Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia struck down proposed overtime protection rules for home care employees in a final ruling.

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jan 15, 2015

Home Health Care Policies: New Info for Hospice CAHPS Exemptions

Home Health Care Policies - Recently, CMS has issued additional information for hospices wishing to gain an exemption to participation in the hospice CAHPS program. A form is available for agency’s wishing to apply for exemption due to size of hospice program. The application is titled

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jan 14, 2015