Representative Tom Price, M.D. (R-Ga.) has agreed to introduce a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives replacing the current Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) with a market pricing program (MPP), a move strongly supported by many home health care groups. The Centers for Medicare & […]
Category: Legislation
Indiana will receive $78 million in new grant funding to help seniors and people with disabilities live in communities and receive care there rather than going to a nursing home or another assisted living community. Under the federal health care law, the state was awarded the new funding, announced Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare […]
Consolidation is a trending and ubiquitous topic for organizations in the health care industry as companies begin preparing for effects of the government’s Affordable Care Act, reports a Washington Post article. As shown in recent industry headlines, many companies are merging and consolidating in an effort to create larger forces to deal with the decreased […]
Some of California’s elderly in need of home health services are being cared for by convicted felons, made possible in part by a flawed system that is “rife with loopholes,” reports the local NBC affiliate, allowing people to sign waivers allowing felon caretakers to care for them despite their backgrounds—and despite the criminal activity they […]
Massachusetts’ House and Senate yesterday passed a health care cost control bill that will limit the state’s spending on healthcare to grow only has fast as the state’s overall economy, reports the Associated Press. The bill would save $200 billion over the next 15 years for the state and would help in establishing “accountable care […]
Thousands of low-wage workers participated in a country-wide ‘Day of Action’ on Tuesday as they lobbied to raise the federal minimum wage, but even if that were to happen, the nation’s 2.5 million home care workers won’t benefit—and that needs to change, says the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI). Home care workers remain excluded from minimum wage […]
Subscribe
Receive industry updates and breaking news from HHCN