Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is getting rid of one of the biggest pain points for home health providers: prior authorization. The change will eliminate more than 14,000 authorizations, according to the company. Broadly, patients being discharged from the hospital to home health care will not need advanced approval. The types of care that […]
For home care leaders, determining the wages of salespeople, caregivers and other contributors is a major undertaking. It is part art, part science, and hard to perfect. At the Home Care Association of America’s (HCAOA) annual conference last month, providers offered a peak behind the curtain on how those determinations take place. Hillendale Home Care […]
The Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) has received a set of diverse reactions since it has been live. Some home health providers find it useful and others find it to be yet another administrative burden. Either way, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seems intent on expanding it. Broadly, the goal of RCD […]
Gentiva officially acquires ProMedica’s home health, palliative and hospice business Gentiva has closed on its $710 million deal for ProMedica’s home health, palliative and hospice business. The deal was first announced in February. Now that it is finalized, the Atlanta-based Gentiva will boost its location count from 380 to 500, and its patient census by […]
After the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its CY 2024 final payment rule Wednesday, home health providers found themselves in a position they know all too well. Is a 0.8% aggregate payment increase better than the 2.2% decrease that was proposed? Of course. Was the rule, in its totality, effective in […]
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its CY 2024 home health final payment rule Wednesday. It comes with an estimated aggregate increase to 2024 home health payments of 0.8%, or $140 million, compared to 2023 aggregate payments. But that doesn’t tell the entire story, with sharp rate cuts also finalized. “The $140 […]
A group of senators sent a letter to President Joe Biden last week urging him and his administration to look after the Medicare home health benefit. Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) all signed […]
Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) has reduced turnover and delivered on important acquisitions over the past few months. Still, a home- and community-based services (HCBS) proposed rule is hanging over its head. That rule, of course, includes the 80/20 provision, which would see the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate that 80% of […]
Compassus – one of the largest home-based care providers in the country – has a new CFO. John Cullen will take over the role on Oct. 30, the company announced Monday. Cullen will succeed Brad Wear, who was named CFO in 2018. “John’s extensive experience and proven leadership in the health care sector equip him […]
Dealmaking remained relatively quiet in home health, home care and hospice in the third quarter. A variety of trends – both micro and macro – contributed to that. Overall, there were 25 total deals reported, according to data from the M&A firm The Braff Group. That quarterly number is in line with the first and […]
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