Considering a recent analysis of training for personal care aides working in publicly-funded home care programs that found standards were inconsistent or in many states nonexistent, the topic of a new program at the College of Southern Nevada is extremely timely: Home Care Aide Training. Home health care is one of the fastest-growing businesses throughout […]
Category: Medicaid
Two unions are competing against each other to represent home care workers in Vermont, just days after the state officially granted those workers the right to unionize, reports the VTDigger. Vermont is home to about 7,000 home care workers, and both the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the Service Employees International […]
A national coalition of organizations advocating healthcare fraud prevention called on Congress this week to implement program integrity reforms to further protect America’s seniors from fraud and abuse. Fight Fraud First! (FFF!) is an collaborative effort on behalf of seniors, persons with disabilities, military veterans and family members to advocate for the elimination of waste, […]
State Medicaid fraud prevention programs now have the ability to receive federal funding to identify fraud through data mining, according to a new final rule from the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. The new rule amends a provision in HHS regulations that barred state Medicaid Fraud Control […]
The state of Ohio will be ramping up on background checks for home health care workers as a result of a new $2.1 million federal grant. The Ohio Governor’s Office of Health Transformation (OHT) has announced the state will use the grant to improve criminal background checks for direct-care workers in home- and community-based settings, and […]
The United States Senate confirmed Marilyn Tavenner as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, announced Wednesday. “Marilyn brings with her a breadth of experience and expertise from virtually all angles of health care policy and delivery, having served as a […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began sending emails last week to notify patients of the impending Round 2 of its Competitive Bidding program. CMS also sent emails to providers of home medical equipment (HME), notifying them that the agency would also be reaching out to patients, HME Business reports. The messages describe […]
Medicare has yet to launch a concurrent care program that would pay for Medicare beneficiaries to receive joint hospice and curative treatments despite a Congressional directive issued three years ago, Kaiser Health News reports. Many beneficiaries drag their feet to enroll in a hospice program, preferring to use all available treatment options—something they must agree […]
The ability of hundreds of seniors across the country to maintain their independence is in jeopardy as sequester-related budget cuts begin taking effect, impacting local senior services such as a San Francisco-area Meals on Wheals program that’s struggling to maintain service levels, reports the local CBS News. Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa, in Contra Costa […]
In New York City, adult day care centers provide seniors with community-based services, while simultaneously blurring the line for Medicaid eligibility, according to a New York Times article. To receive the benefits of Medicaid, individuals must be impaired enough to require at least 120 days of help with activities such as walking, bathing and even getting […]
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