Coming off positive end-of-year earnings results and a recent acquisition of a major hospital group’s home health and hospice facilities, post-acute care provider Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) is hedging its bets on growing its business lines with fewer regulatory burdens in the way. That’s one of the messages from the Baton Rouge-based company’s CEO Paul Kusserow, who […]
The expansion of a bundled payment program and the pilot of another model have been delayed, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced via the Federal Register on Monday. The notice seeks to delay the implementation of several models, including the expansion of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model, the Cardiac Rehabilitation […]
While the U.S. home care industry has faced its fair share of headwinds in recent years, the situation faced by home care providers in the UK appears much more dire. In fact, rising wage levels are pushing providers out of business and bringing the entire industry to the point of collapse, according to a report […]
With the controversial Pre-Claim Review Demonstration (PCRD) set to go into effect in Florida at the start of April, home health care agencies are preparing to be hit with the new requirements. After a bumpy start to the program in Illinois, many home health providers found themselves on a steep learning curve to get pre-claim […]
As the home health care industry continues to pursue all options to reduce the burdens of new and incoming laws and regulations, one major provider is taking its agenda into its own hands. Louisville, Kentucky-based Almost Family (Nasdaq: AFAM) has found success by advocating on its own, without the help of outside lobbying resources. The […]
Lawmakers in Florida have teamed up to ask Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price to delay the implementation of the Pre-Claim Review Demonstration (PCRD) in the state. PCRD is currently underway in Illinois and is set to go into effect in Florida beginning April 1, 2017. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and […]
Happy Monday! To start your week off, we’ll catch you up on what you might have missed last week on Home Health Care News and around the web. Late last week, President Trump signed another executive order targeting regulations. The order directs federal agencies to create task forces for regulatory reform to evaluate federal rules […]
Fresh off a strong ending to 2016, a major post-acute care provider is looking at 2017 with acquisitive eyes—to the tune of up to a $100-million home heath and hospice pipeline. HealthSouth Corporation (NYSE: HLS), one of the nation’s largest post-acute care providers, is continuing to ramp up its home health and hospice division two years […]
President Trump’s recent executive order freezing new regulations has pushed back the implementation of new and expanded bundled payment models by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by 60 days. A final rule issued in December by CMS creates mandatory bundled payment programs for cardiac conditions, and expands an existing bundled payment program for joint replacement episodes […]
As home health care companies continue to take on more managed care patients, dealing with the delivery and payment system has been presented as both an opportunity and a significant challenge. Some home health providers in certain states are experiencing trouble getting reimbursed for services due to the current environment, costing them millions of dollars […]
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