The latest home health agency fraud settlement is so huge, even Taylor Swift is involved—at least tangentially. A home health agency that used Taylor Swift concert tickets as kickbacks now owes the federal government $16 million, under the terms of a judgment announced Oct. 1. Lexington, Kentucky-based Nurses’ Registry and Home Health Corp., along with […]
The voices of home health providers advocating against Medicare face-to-face documentation requirements have been heard by lawmakers — and providers have reason to be hopeful. The face-to-face documentation requirements, as they stand, are “one of the greatest burdens” faced by home health providers today, according to Sarah Myers, executive director of the Oregon Association for Home Care. […]
ICD-10 is here for home health agencies in most states, whether they are ready or not. Approximately 69,000 new medical codes officially go into effect Oct. 1, replacing the roughly 14,000 codes currently available with ICD-9. The implementation of the new code set is meant as a way for providers to keep up with the […]
Home health agencies may breathe a sigh of relief thanks to the revision of a Home Health Agency Survey Protocol training item. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) revised its training on the use of the HHA Survey Protocols, saying the phrase “consider citing the Condition” should indicate surveyors may consider citing the […]
Home health providers may soon see the fate of a controversial rule impacting wages decided by the highest court in the country. In an 11th-hour move, home health associations have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in before federal minimum wage and overtime rules go into effect for home health workers. Last week, in […]
While home health care agencies have been focused on how regulations could impact worker wages nationwide, a lawsuit in Colorado has moved the ball on the issue in the Rocky Mountain State. Under Colorado law, home health care workers must be paid overtime, a federal judge ruled. In Kennett v. Bayada Home Health Care, Judge […]
Four U.S. Senators asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to withdraw proposed case mix cuts and value-based purchasing penalties in a letter dated Sept. 24. The letter echoed a similar letter to Andy Slavitt, acting administrator of the CMS, written by 133 members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 18. CMS released the […]
Aging in place is proving difficult in areas where the population is getting older, houses are in disrepair, supportive services are scarce and younger people who can help have moved away, according to a recent article published in The Wall Street Journal. The article discusses how the northeastern United States — which has the oldest median age […]
A Washington, D.C.-based think tank has come out in strong support of bridging the gap between health care and housing, saying this must become a national priority as 78 million baby boomers are either approaching or entering retirement. The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a paper titled “America’s Growing Senior Population: Assessing the Dimensions of the Demographic […]
This week, HHCN readers were keyed in on a new coalition for Medicaid home-based care, as well as U.S. Representatives’ thoughts on key aspects of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s proposed payment rule. Readers also dove into the star rating system for home health agencies. Here in the newsroom, we were interested in one […]
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