With the new Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP) regulation looming, home health agencies cannot be operating with a business-as-usual mindset. That’s the message from Arlene Maxim, vice president of program development for Quality in Real Time (QIRT). Floral Park, New York-based QIRT was founded as a home health quality assurance and coding organization in 2006, […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized a rule to delay the implementation of some bundled payment models. The final rule, posted to the Federal Register on May 19, 2017, pushes back the expansion of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model, the Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model and the care […]
More than two-dozen state attorneys general are pushing for more power and funds to monitor home care quality. They penned a letter to Health and Human Services Sec. Tom Price urging changes to policies around using Medicaid funds to investigate alleged abuse or neglect in the home environment. In all, 37 states’ attorneys general signed the letter to Sec. Price. Currently […]
Senate Republicans are putting together a bill that would roll back minimum wage and overtime protections granted to home care workers in 2015, Bloomberg BNA reported Wednesday. The bill would reverse an action taken by the Department of Labor under the Obama administration, which eliminated the so-called “companionship exemption” for personal care workers. Prior to […]
Happy Monday, dear Home Health Care News readers. As you settle back into the work week, take a minute to catch up on all the news you might have missed with our Monday Briefing. Keep reading to check out our coverage of earnings results season from some of the biggest public home health care companies. […]
Pay practice claims brought forth by current or former workers at home health agencies are nothing new, but as the health care landscape shifts under the Trump administration, agencies need to be sure they are protecting themselves from potential lawsuits. President Donald Trump does not hide the fact that he is against many regulations that add […]
With a new Labor Secretary likely on the way in, home health industry organizations are setting their sights on repealing overtime and minimum wage coverage protections recently granted to home care workers, Bloomberg BNA reported. The rule, which went into effect at the end of 2015, mandated that home care workers were eligible for overtime […]
After discussing whether to implement a new prospective payment system (PPS) for home health by 2021, the Medical Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) unanimously voted to recommend the date to Congress in its April meeting. MedPAC members voted 15-0 to approve the timeline in its recommendation to Congress. The new PPS was originally likely to be scheduled […]
The home health industry let out a collective sigh of relief last week after it was announced that the Pre-Claim Review Demonstration (PCRD or PCR) would be put on hold in Illinois and delayed in Florida, where the program was set to begin on April 1. Now, some home health care agencies in Illinois and […]
For providers, advocates and industry groups that worked and lobbied for an intervention for the Pre-Claim Review Demonstration (PCRD or PCR) to be changed, the pause in Illinois and delay in Florida announced last week is something to celebrate. However, another bright spot has appeared following a meeting on March 28 between CMS officials, Administrator […]
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