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Home Health Care Management and Practice: Influenza Vaccinations

Home Health Care Management and practice- A recent study published by the American Journal of Infection Control (APIC) has indicated that low influenza vaccination rates among nursing home employees has put patients at significant risk for death or other influenza-related complications.

Posted by Nathan Hope on Feb 6, 2015

Guide to 2016 Presidential Budget for Home Health Management

Home health management - The Kaiser Family Foundation has published a report this week outlining the major Medicare-related budgetary changes in the President’s budget for FY2016. Major key points of the budget included reductions to Medicare spending by $423 billion between 2016 and...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Feb 4, 2015

Home Health Care Policies: CMS Announces Meaningful Use Changes

Home Health Care Policies- Today, CMS announced proposed changes to the Meaningful Use EHR incentive program. The program, implemented in 2011, has provided various financial incentives for providers meeting specific criteria within the process of transitioning paper-based patient...

Posted by Nathan Hope on Jan 30, 2015

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