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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

Home Health Care

Judge: Medicare Appeals Backlog Must Be Cleared by 2021

Home Health Care

Pre-Claim Affirmation Rates Rise, But Some Agencies Stay on Sidelines

Data

Wall Street Journal: ‘Death-Predicting’ Company Expands At-Home Palliative Care

Medicare

Editor’s Picks: $35 Billion in Medicare Spending, Overtime Ruling Appeal

Featured

Advocates ‘Turn Up the Volume’ on Effort to Delay Pre-Claim

Medicare

Trump’s HHS Pick Opposes Pre-Claim, Joint Bundles

Medicare

CMS: Pre-Claim Applies to ‘Neighboring States’ Where Beneficiaries Live

Medicare

Kindred to Exit the Skilled Nursing Facility Business

Home Health Care

Editor’s Picks: $130 Million Medicare Cut, Brookdale’s ‘Corporate Raid’ Debacle

Medicare

CMS Finalizes $130 Million Medicare Payment Cut in 2017

CMS

Tips for Getting Face-to-Face, Homebound Status Right

Home Care

Senior-Specific ERs, Home Care Could Reduce Hospital Admissions

CMS

Pre-Claim Tests Home Health, Physician Relationships

CMS

How the ‘Re-Engineered Hospital’ Presents a Home Health Opportunity

Medicare

[Updated] Agencies Slam ‘Misleading’ Data on Illinois Pre-Claim

CMS

Kindred, NAHC Say to Hit the Brakes on Bundled Payments

CMS

States With the Highest Hospice Medicare Spending

Home Care

Editor’s Picks: Pre-Claim Bill, Staffing Secrets

Home Health Care

Problems Pile Up as Pre-Claim Rolls on in Illinois

Fraud

Large Nonprofit Agency Accused of Massive Medicare Fraud

CMS

The Case for Aligning Medicare and Medicaid Home Health Benefits

Fraud

OIG Smacks Kindred with Largest-Ever Penalty of Its Kind

Featured

Agencies Remain ‘Desperate’ Over Pre-Claim Despite Delayed Rollout

Medicare

Mythbusting Alternative Payment Models

Home Health Care

Why CMS Should Reward Agencies for ‘Family Centered’ Home Health

Fraud

Telemarketer Involved in Home Health Scheme Convicted

CMS

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

CMS

LHC: Hard to Judge Proposed Revamp of Medicare Payment System

CMS

Judge: CMS Must Clarify When Rehab is Covered by Medicare

Home Health Care

Editor’s Picks: ACOs Save $466 Million

Home Health Care

Copayment Woes Drive Agenda for Home Care Advocates

Fraud

Miami Man Admits Guilt in $4.2 Million Home Health Fraud Scheme

Featured

How Encompass Cut Avoidable Hospitalization Risk by 50%

Medicare

Home Health Pre-Claim Review Starts Two Days Late

Data

Almost Family Sees Record Revenue, Supports Pre-Claim

CMS

Coalition Urges CMS to Hit Pause on Pre-Claim Review

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Results from Pre-Claim Review in Illinois