Home Health Care Policies: Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model
Home Health Care Policies: Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model
Home Health Care Policies: Bundled Payments Info for Care Improvement Initiative
Home Health Care Policies
Home Health Care Policies - Medication Management Examined
Home Health Care Policies - MacMaster University in Canada has recently released a new study, led by Robby Nieuwlaat, showing that half of patients do not take their medications as prescribed, despite any med teaching interventions that may be in place. Non-adherence to the prescribed...
Home Health and Assisted Living Care Costs Compared
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 Care Policies: Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations
Home Health Care Policies: CMS Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents- Payment Model
Home Health Care Policies: Initiative to Improve Nursing Facility Care
CMS to Extend Initiative to Improve Care for Nursing Facility Residents Funding would allow testing of new payment model for nursing facility care
Home Health Care Policies: Referrals Vs. Kickbacks
Home Health Care Policies- Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals has put the spotlight on the methods home health providers conduct and compensate for referrals. The courts have stated that many may be at risk of violating the Anti-Kickback statute.
On February 10, the U.S. Court of...
Home Health Care Policies: Hospice CAHPS Exemptions
Home Health Care Policies - 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 ...
