For home health providers, the transition to the no-pay Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) was a period of adjustment. Now, the Notice of Admission (NOA) has replaced the RAP, and providers are grappling with a number of issues that have cropped up amid the launch of the new process. Last year, the U.S. Centers for […]
On Dec. 10, connectRN announced it had raised $76 million to scale its technology-enabled staffing platform for nurses. The Series F round was led by Suvretta Capital Management and Avidity Partners, with participation from several other groups. While its involvement didn’t garner immediate attention, one of the home health industry’s biggest names was also among […]
LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) executives have spent the past several months preparing for 2022, which President and COO Josh Proffitt describes as a year of “great opportunity.” “There are a lot of positive forces shaping home health care,” the industry veteran recently told Home Health Care News. For the industry as a whole, that […]
Many of the in-home supplemental benefits offered by Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are new. But whether they are through the primarily health-related pathway, which began in 2019, or through Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI), which came a year later, these benefits are still being experimented with. Generally, the plans offering these new […]
Medicare Advantage (MA) has been viewed over the last few years as a new space for home-based care providers to generate revenue. Changes have allowed MA plans to pay for additional at-home services, whether through primarily health-related benefits or Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI). Those changes aren’t major on the surface, and […]
Over the last few years, home care providers have begun to embrace a greater mix of payers, including Medicaid waiver programs, veterans assistance (VA), managed care and Medicare Advantage (MA). At the same time, some providers have seen the value in further leaning into predominantly private-pay revenue structures. In contrast to their home health counterparts […]
The end of 2021 brought a handful of key home health policy issues to a temporary conclusion, including the congressionally secured delay to Medicare sequestration. But the industry still has a long list of other priorities that it’s hoping to carry out in Washington, D.C. – starting with Choose Home. “Potential cost-saving is what is […]
The long-awaited decisions regarding the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates have finally arrived from the U.S. Supreme Court. In the end, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) “soft” mandate was shot down by SCOTUS by a 6-3 count. The mandate would have applied to all private businesses with 100 employees or more, requiring workers to […]
If 2020 was the year home care finally entered the spotlight, then 2021 was the year the industry solidified that star power while gaining powerful allies. No one understands this better than Vicki Hoak, executive director of the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA). As the top executive of an organization that represents nearly 3,000 […]
New data relating to Medicare Advantage (MA) benefits is on its way out for the new year. And finally, it looks as if optimistic home-based care providers that view MA as a potential revenue stream in the near- and long-term future are seeing their bullishness validated. Just 267 MA plans offered Special Supplemental Benefits for […]
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