The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is partnering with several home health care trade associations to provide resources to industry participants outlining the financial impact of proposed home health rebasing that would cut Medicare reimbursements by 14%. NAHC’s Legislative Action Network has teamed up with the Alliance for Home Health Quality and […]
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Home health industry leaders gathered today for a teleconference to discuss the alarming impacts of a rule that would bring Medicare payment cuts to tally nearly $100 billion in the coming years. The proposed rebasing rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) looks to cut Medicare reimbursement payments 3.5% annually from 2014 […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently launched an initiative meant to accelerate health information exchange (HIE) across acute and post-acute care settings, including home health. On August 7, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held a webinar on the […]
Three Republican senators voiced support Wednesday for the temporary moratorium the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently placed on certain cities for new home health care providers to be enrolled in Medicare. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) welcomed the action, a tool provided under the Affordable Care […]
A report from the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services finds that 11 states have improper restrictions on eligibility requirements for Medicaid home health benefits by requiring them to be homebound. The OIG report, sent on July 1 to Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued a final rule that outlines the roles and responsibilities for developing a written agreement between long-term care (LTC) and hospice providers, should a LTC resident or patient elect to receive hospice care. Under the rule, a LTC facility will be required to have only one […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) look to eliminate nearly 200 payment codes from the current Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS). The proposed rule would remove 170 codes from the HH PPS Grouper when it takes effect January 1, 2014, as part of the federal agency’s work to transition from the […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday proposed cutting payments to home health agencies by 1.5% in 2014, or $290 million based on several policies and adjustments. “The proposed decrease reflects the effects of the 2.4 percent home health payment update percentage ($460 million increase), the rebasing adjustments to the national, standardized 60-day […]
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that it will be delaying the face-to-face rule regarding its durable medical equipment (DME) reimbursement program effective July 1, reports HomeCare Mag. The three-month extension moves the deadline to October 1, and according to the American Association for Homecare, the delay will allow DME providers […]
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) dropped nearly a third of durable home equipment (DME) suppliers from participating in Round 2 of its competitive bidding program, leaving even fewer providers for Tennessee beneficiaries, according to an article from The Tennessean. The 30 out-of-state contracts were voided because the DME providers that had won […]
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