Three Republican senators voiced support Wednesday for the temporary moratorium the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently placed on certain cities for new home health care providers to be enrolled in Medicare. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) welcomed the action, a tool provided under the Affordable Care […]
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With a strong focus on enabling seniors to remain in their homes as they age, a project currently under way in Maryland with plans to expand is bundling services delivered in the home and is realizing cost savings in the meantime. The project, made possible through grant funding is finding that through a tripod of […]
While reforms are necessary to payment policy for the nation’s Medicare physicians, introducing a copayment on Medicare home health beneficiaries isn’t the way to go about it, says a home health advocacy group that is pushing instead for stronger measures against fraud. The House Ways and Means Committee has invited industry stakeholders to comment on […]
Detroit-area resident Javed Rehman pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a $13.8 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Rehman, 50, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Sometime around May 2009, according to court documents, Rehman purchased Quantum Home […]
While states are suffering from budgetary restrictions following the recession, the little funding they do have for long term care initiatives is projected to go to home and community based care. The vast majority of states plan to increase their spending this year on community and home based services, with additional attention to changing their […]
A report from the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services finds that 11 states have improper restrictions on eligibility requirements for Medicaid home health benefits by requiring them to be homebound. The OIG report, sent on July 1 to Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare […]
Most seniors believe an increase in out of pocket Medicare costs will be a financial burden for low-income seniors, supporting instead a crackdown on Medicare fraud, reveals a new poll. Seniors were nearly unanimous (93%) in thinking Congress should advance reforms to stop Medicare fraud, rather than cut funding for the program or charging seniors […]
New bipartisan legislation introduced recently that would allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse midwives to order home health services for Medicare beneficiaries is gaining support. U.S. Representatives Greg Walden (R-Ore.) and Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) are now joined by 23 other co-sponsors, up from 19 at the time of the bill’s […]
Home health care provider CareSouth is teaming with Des Moines, Iowa-based senior living operator and developer LCS for a joint venture partnership called Health at Home, An LCS Company. CareSouth, based in Augusta, Ga., will manage the operations of the 17 existing Health at Home locations in 11 states, which currently serve more than 1,400 […]
Home health industry advocates in Oregon are pushing for assistance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services following an announcement from the agency that it would reduce home health reimbursements in 2014. Rural home health providers in the state are particularly hard-hit, according to a recent Oregonian report, leading the state’s Congressional delegation to […]
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