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U.S. Markets Less Saturated with Home Health Providers

Medicare

Home Care Providers Plan to Seize New Medicare Advantage Opportunity

Medicare

CMS Officially Adds Non-Skilled In-Home Care as Medicare Advantage Benefit

Medicaid

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

Medicare

Hospitals Slow to Shift Medicare Referrals from SNFs to Home Health

Medicare

MedPAC Debates Reduced Home Health Payments for Sequential Stays

Medicare

Fraud Watch: Feds Sit Out ManorCare Case, Carter Health Under Investigation

Medicare

Workers, Payors Demand Home Care Providers Offer Education Programs

Medicare

Must-Read News: Edgy Ads, Medicare Changes

Medicaid

Home Health Spending Projected to Outpace All Other Types of Care

Medicare

White House Budget Calls for Home Health Payment Cuts

Home Care

Medicare Advantage Home Care Proposal Excites Providers, Payers

Home Health Care

[Updated] House Lawmakers Include HHGM in Proposed Spending Bill

Legislation

Therapy Caps Force Providers to Adjust Operations

Featured

CMS to Allow Non-Skilled Home Care Benefit in Medicare Advantage

Home Health Care

Agencies Show Improvements on Home Health Compare

Home Health Care

More Guidance Released on Home Health CoP Surveys

Medicare

Government Shutdown Should Have Minimal Effect on Home Health

Medicare

Home Infusion Fix Trapped by Deadlocked Congress

Medicare

Home Health Industry Dogged by Improvement Standard Myths

Home Health Care

Amedisys CEO Expects Kindred Deal to Accelerate Managed Care Opportunities

Medicaid

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

Home Health Care

NAHC Warns of Home Health Cuts up to $6 Billion in Tax Extenders

Medicaid

Removal of Flu Vaccine Measure to Boost Home Health Star Ratings

Home Health Care

CMS Struggles to Find Participants in Home Health Data Beta Test

Home Health Care

Care Coordination Among ACOs Could Actually Increase Admissions

Medicaid

Home Health Stands to Reap Benefits from Tax Reform

Innovation

Inside the Resurgence of Home-Based Primary Care

CMS

Medicare Advantage Value-Based Care Expands to 25 States

Home Health Care

Humana’s Value-Based Efforts Show Home Health Opportunity

Hospice

Lawmakers Itching to Expand Medicare Advantage to Hospice

Medicare

Almost Family President: Home Health Industry Made Breakthrough with CMS

CMS

Kindred Projects Home Health Recovery After Storm-Battered Third Quarter

Long Term Care

Medicare Spends More on Seniors With Highest Needs

Medicare

Income Level, Race Tied to Worse Home Health Outcomes

Legislation

HHGM Bill Would Delay But Not Halt Massive Medicare Cuts

Medicare

Home Health Stocks Bounce Back After HHGM Spooks Investors

Medicare

LHC Group Invests in Quality Improvement Push

Home Health Care

Home Health Agencies Affected by Harvey Receive Disaster Exemption

Home Health Care

ACOs Saved Medicare $1 Billion in First Three Years

Medicare

Home Health Agency Continues Legal Fight for Lost Profits

Medicare

Home Health Associations Say Groupings Model is ‘Fraught with Risks’

Medicare

CMS Proposes to Cancel Mandatory Bundled Payment Models

Home Health Care

Plan to Clear Medicare Appeals Backlog Hits Judicial Snag

Medicare

Average National Case Mix Weight Decreases

Medicare

CMS Extends Home Health Moratorium

Home Health Care

Amedisys CEO: Groupings Model ‘Not Over Until It’s Over’

Medicare

Home Health Stocks Tank in Wake of Potential $950 Million Payment Cut

Home Care

Must-Read News: Highest Paid Execs, Dullest Movie Ever

Medicare

OIG to Target Home Health Billing Practices

Medicare

Must-Read News: Outpatient Payment Update

Home Health Care

Home Health Conditions of Participation Delayed Six Months

Medicare

White Paper: Winning in New Medicare Models: Lessons from Encompass

Home Health Care

Here’s How Home Health Agencies Want to Fix Audits

Medicaid

Falls Projected to Cost Nearly $60 Billion by 2020

Medicare

New Medicare Payment Model Looms Over Home Health Providers

Medicaid

5 States Where Home Health Spending Has Grown the Most

Home Care

Home Care Proposal Helps Swing Dramatic UK Election

Medicare

Bloomberg BNA: Home Health Moratorium is Not Working

Home Health Care

Amedisys Star Ratings Rise 15% Under New Clinical Strategy

Home Health Care

Most Americans Confused About Medicare Home Health Care Coverage

Medicare

Seniors Feel Less Prepared to Age Independently at Home

Home Health Care

How Home Health Can Win the Readmissions Numbers Game

Medicare

An 8-Point Plan for Success with New Home Health CoPs

Medicare

Bill to Expand Telehealth Advances in Senate

Medicare

CMS Issues Final Rule to Delay Some Bundled Payment Models

Medicare

Copayments Don’t Reduce Home Health Use, Brown University Study Finds

Medicare

Kindred CEO: AHCA Passage Would Not Kill Home Health Growth

Medicare

Upcoming Webinar: Winning with Medicare Alternative Payment Models

Medicare

‘Rural Safeguard’ Funding Needs Extension, Advocates Say

Medicare

Trinity Health at Home to Drop Some Bundles After Losses

CMS

Bundled Initiatives Moving Forward With or Without CMS

Medicare

GAO: Home Health Referral Sources Need Documentation Lessons

CMS

Home Health Groups Encouraged by CMS Response on Pre-Claim Review

CMS

CMS Proposes Six-Month Delay for Home Health CoPs

CMS

With No Delay in Sight, Florida Agencies Brace for Pre-Claim

Hospice

‘Pre-Hospice’ Saves Money By Keeping People At Home Near The End Of Life

Data

Hospice Utilization Continues to Decline Nationwide

CMS

NQF: 15 Home Health Quality Measures Should Be Axed

Medicare

Kindred CEO: Massive Home Health Opportunity Demands ‘Blue Collar’ Approach

Medicare

Voices from Pre-Claim: Lessons Learned the Hard Way (Part 2)

Medicare

Voices of Pre-Claim: Lessons Learned the Hard Way (Part 1)

HHS

HHS: Medicare Appeals Backlog Will Be Worse by 2021

Home Health Care

Obamacare Replacement Bill is a Mixed Bag for Home Health

Medicare

Partnerships Offer Value for Senior Housing, Home Health Providers

CMS

Senators Ask for Halt to Pre-Claim Before Florida Start Date

Home Health Care

LHC Group to Combine Home Health and Hospice Offices

Medicare

How Agencies Can Take On Tough Revenue and Compliance Challenges

Home Care

MA Beneficiaries Use Less Home Care Than Fee-For-Service

CMS

Top 3 CoP Changes to Impact Home Health Agencies

Home Health Care

Home Health Groups Decry MedPAC Proposed Cuts As Too High

Home Care

CMS: Independence at Home Saved Less Than Originally Reported

CMS

CMS Proposes Change in Star Rating Quality Measures

CMS

CMS Issues Final Rule to Modernize Home Health Conditions of Participation

CMS

[Updated] Home Health Probe-and-Educate Round Two Kicks Off in Florida

CMS

Editor’s Picks: Pre-Claim to Start in Florida

Home Health Care

Ready or Not: Home Health Industry Braces for Pre-Claim Expansion

Home Health Care

MedPAC Says Home Health Margins Too High, Fraud Rampant

Home Health Care

HHS: Medicare Appeals Backlog Order Impossible

Home Health Care

Senate Bill Would Extend Independence at Home Demonstration

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