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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...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jul 10, 2015

Home Health Care Policies: CMS Announces Initiative for Value-Based Home Care

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jul 8, 2015

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...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jul 6, 2015

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...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jul 1, 2015

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...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jun 29, 2015

Home Health Medicare News: Healthcare Reform Saves More than $25 Million in First Year, According to CMS

"Independence at Home practices succeed in improving care, lowering costs."

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jun 24, 2015

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...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jun 22, 2015

Home Health Care Policies - Poor Medication Management Among Patients

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 medication teaching interventions that may be in place. Non-adherence to the...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jun 17, 2015