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CMS To Be Flexible in Enforcing Medicaid Home Health Rule

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Dementia Care Spending to Hit $277 Billion, In-Home Services Grow

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Addus CEO Leads Company in New Directions After Reining in Costs

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Report of EVV ‘Firestorm’ Draws Home Care Industry Pushback

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Home Health Spending Projected to Outpace All Other Types of Care

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Bloomberg: US Home Care System Woefully Inadequate

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Medicaid Home Care Demand Grows, States Grapple with Spending

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HHS Nominee Open to Medicaid Block Grants

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Why Louisiana Has a Home Care Problem

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[Updated] The Trickle-Down Effect of Tax Reform on Home Health

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Removal of Flu Vaccine Measure to Boost Home Health Star Ratings

Medicaid

New Medicaid Program Prioritizes In-Home Care

Fraud

OIG Notes Uptick in Home Care Medicaid Fraud Enforcement

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Home Health Stands to Reap Benefits from Tax Reform

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CMS to Improve Medicaid Program

Home Health Care

In-Home Health Coaching Could Lower Readmission Rates

Medicaid

New York Improperly Paid $1.4 Billion for Long-Term Care Plans

Legislation

Home Health Groups Concerned After Senate Revives Health Care Reform

Legislation

Home Health Groups Relieved, Wary After Trumpcare Bill Fails

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NAHC Urges Opposition to Increasingly Troubled Trumpcare Bill

Medicaid

New Draft of Health Care Bill Maintains Medicaid Cuts

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Caregiver Counseling Could Save Millions in Dementia Costs

Home Health Care

Illinois Ordered to Cough Up More in Medicaid Payments

Home Health Care

2 More Ways Trumpcare Impacts Home Health

Home Health Care

Home Health Industry Reacts to Senate Health Care Bill

Home Health Care

Senate Health Care Bill Pulls Back Medicaid Spending

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Falls Projected to Cost Nearly $60 Billion by 2020

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5 States Where Home Health Spending Has Grown the Most

Home Health Care

In-Home Care Workforce Not Meeting Growing Demand

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Trumpcare Passage, Medicaid Changes in Sight

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Judge: Illinois Medicaid Payments Must Be Made Faster

Medicaid

AARP: Trumpcare Budget Won’t Keep Up With Aging Seniors

Medicaid

Respite Care Needed to Limit Burdens on Family Caregivers

Medicaid

$616 Billion Proposed Medicaid Cut Jeopardizes Home Health

Medicaid

Managed Care Programs Improve Care, Reduce Costs

CMS

CMS Proposes Six-Month Delay for Home Health CoPs

Home Health Care

Obamacare Replacement Bill is a Mixed Bag for Home Health

Home Care

Almost Family Seeks a ‘Level Playing Field’ in Managed Care

CMS

GAO: Poor Data Collection Hampers CMS’ Personal Care Oversight

Home Care

GAO: Medicaid’s Approach to Home Care Needs More Uniformity

Fraud

Three Sentenced to Prison for $3 Million Medicaid Fraud

Fraud

Home Health Fraud Paid for Couple’s $900,000 Dream House

Fraud

Home Health Agency to Pay $1.8 Million For Kickback Scheme

Home Health Care

Average Home Health Medicaid Rate Increased in 2015

Home Care

How the Government, Payers May Start Judging Home-Based Care

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OIG: Home Care Medicaid Fraud ‘Persistent,’ Harms Patients

CMS

The Case for Aligning Medicare and Medicaid Home Health Benefits

Home Care

Addus Beefs Up Growth Aims After Receiving Delayed Payments

Home Care

Kindred at Home Exec Leads Charge to Expand Hospice Services

CMS

Senators Push for Pre-Claim Delay After ‘Complete Mess’ in Illinois

Home Health Care

D.C. Home Care Agencies Smacked Again for Alleged Unpaid Wages

Home Care

NYTimes: Managed Care’s ‘Perverse Incentives’ Victimize Home Care Patients

Fraud

Home Health Agencies Implicated in $1 Billion Medicare Fraud

Fraud

Cigna Urges Court to Drop Home Care False Claims Suit

Fraud

Husband, Wife Get Prison Time in $80 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme

Medicaid

Lawmakers Clash Over Managed Care for Home Health

Home Health Care

Sick Kids Pay the Price for Low Home Health Medicaid Rates

Home Health Care

Telehealth Gains Traction with Medicaid, But States Vary Widely

Medicaid

Home Health Owner Sentenced to 5 Years in $7 Million Scheme

Legislation

Proposed Law Would Protect Medicaid Payments During Fraud Cases

Medicaid

Obama Budget Proposes $10 Million Boost for Aging Programs

Home Care

Editor’s Picks: Medicaid Face-to-Face Rule

Home Care

Large-Scale Home Health Crackdown Begins in Massachusetts

Legislation

Industry Greets New Face-to-Face Rule with Cautious Optimism

CMS

CMS Issues Final Rule on Medicaid Face-to-Face Requirement

Medicaid

Editor’s Picks, Holiday Edition: Bundled Payment Models

Featured

Lack of Oversight Blamed in Poor Home Health Labor Standards

Home Care

Next Wave of Seniors Rejects Nursing Homes, Fears Burdening Family

Home Care

PACE Provider Raises Eyebrows by Seeking For-Profit Status

Home Care

50 Home Health Workers Go Without Pay in North Carolina

Fraud

Home Care Owners Found Guilty in $80 Million Fraud Scheme

Medicaid

Medicaid Crisis Brewing Over Home Care Wage Rule

Home Care

Medicaid Drives Home Health for Dementia Care

Home Care

Why Texas Home Health Agencies Could Face Bleak Future

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DOL Wage Rule Takes Effect, Provider Reaction Mixed

Medicaid

Senators Bash CMS Over Home Health Payment Cuts

Featured

WSJ: Why Aging in Place Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be

Hospice

Hospice Shifts from Home to Hospital

Home Care

Addus, Other Home Care Providers Form Lobbying Group

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Home Health Payments Still in Limbo After Univita Collapse

Home Health Care

New Jersey Pushed to Return $32 Million in Home Health Payments

Home Health Care

New York Home Health Agency to Pay $6 Million Medicaid Fraud Settlement

Medicaid

Editor’s Picks: NAHC on Face-to-Face Lawsuit, Bundled Payment Risk

Home Health Care

House Bill Aims to Expand Home, Community Care Options

Home Care

Major Workforce Overhaul Needed for Home Health Care Coordination

CMS

Home Health Business Briefs: Amedisys in New Medicare Model, WillCare Update

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Home Health Business Briefs: Encompass, Ensign Group

Home Health Care

Home Health Mess in New Hampshire Costs Providers, Seniors

Fraud

Indiana Home Health Companies to Pay $1.5 Million in Fraud Settlement

Home Health Care

Home Health Agencies Give Cold Shoulder to Medi-Cal Patients

DME

Home Health Providers Nabbed in Historic, $712 Million Fraud Takedown

Home Health Care

D.C. Home Care Agencies Hit with Third Wage Theft Lawsuit

CMS

CMS Punts on Sought-After Home Health Changes for ACOs

Home Care

M&A Trends: Home Health Companies Fetch Higher Prices, Attract Diverse Buyers

Home Care

Most Read: Home Health Margins Plummet, Retaining Staff on a Budget

CMS

OIG Pushes for More Staff Background Checks in Home Health

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VNA Leader: Home Health Care’s ‘Sputnik Moment’ Is Now

Home Care

State Policies Make Home Care Harder to Access

CMS

Most Read: Inside the Newest Home Health Star Ratings

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Home Health Business Briefs: Extendicare Acquires Revera

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