Home Health Care Policies: Face to Face Requirement Lawsuit Proceeds
Home Health Care Policies- The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) has filed a lawsuit this year challenging the face-to-face requirements set forth by CMS. Last June, the NAHC board of directors approved the lawsuit to be set forth and remarked that the regulations...
Home Health Care Policies: Court Blocks Home Care Overtime Protections
Home health care policies ... over the Christmas holidays, the Federal Court struck down some of the proposed overtime rules and protections for home health employees and issued a 14-day stay on the ruling to analyze the plaintiffs’ arguments. The rules were highly opposed by many...
Home Health Care Policies: Medicare Spending Slows Down
Home Health Care Policies- Recently, a report published by the Kaiser Family Foundation has been published in attempts to explain the slowdown in Medicare spending throughout the past few years. In 2009, the Congressional Budget Office forecasted Medicare spending to reach $760 billion...
Home Health Care Policies: New Ratings and Home Health Compare Changes
Home Health Care Policies: Recently, CMS released the performance reports for physician group practices, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and hospitals. These metrics are intended to serve as a tool for consumers to make educated decisions regarding selecting providers.
Home Health Care Policies: 89 New ACO Providers Added
Home Health Care Policies: CMS announced 89 new ACOs (Accountable Care Organizations) on Monday Dec 22nd. These ACOs will be joining the Medicare Shared Savings Program, along with several others.
Home Health Care Policies: DME Bidding Changes Round Two
Home Health Care Policies- Continuing its rollout of proposed changes, CMS has released the latest round of DME bidding procedures to be implemented in 2015. This time, members of the House have sought to correct potential flaws brought forth by those concerned since the proposal’s...
Home Health Marketing: Patient Satisfaction is More Important than...
Your home health business plan must consider home health marketing. And home health marketing must consider patient satisfaction. It all starts with ObamaCare and the Affordable Care Act
What does the Affordable Care Act have to do with it?
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
Download the New OASIS Home Health C1 SOC/ROC Assessment
On January 1, 2015 the home health industry will experience a major regulatory change with a new OASIS home health dataset called OASIS C-1.
1. OASIS C1 Implementation
A modified version of OASIS-C1 (referred to as “OASIS-C1/ ICD-9 Version.”) has been created. In this version of...
