Cleveland home care workers are rallying for a minimum wage increase to $15 an hour for their occupation, which, some say, is demanding as it requires aides to feed, dress, bathe and take care of patients in their homes, an article on Cleveland.com reports. With a median hourly wage of $8.39 and little mileage compensation, most […]
Category: States
Recently published findings from an audit of Medicaid and Medicare hospice providers found that 90% of those randomly sampled did not meet state hospice licensure requirements related to hospice workers. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General conducted an audit to determine whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) reliance […]
Vetting home health care workers—via background checks or fingerprinting—has been an area of consideration for federal regulators in recent months, but a new report reveals not all states have practices in place to screen these employees. Of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, only 41 states require home health agencies to conduct background […]
With an aging population that will see one in four Michigan residents reach age 60 or older by 2030, Governor Rick Snyder is pressing the state’s legislature for a stronger commitment to home- and community-based services, reports local ABC-10 News. Placing a stronger emphasis on home- and community-based services and funding services to end waiting […]
Several ambulance companies in Massachusetts are shifting their long-standing roles as first responders to emergencies, to home care service providers through a new pilot program, The Boston Globe reports. The concept behind the pilot is to to expand the paramedic’s role to a provider who not only responds to emergencies, but also helps prevent them […]
A dozen prospective states and projects have been named to receive a combined amount of $840 million under new programs intended to improve the healthcare system. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made up to $730 million available as part of the State Innovation Model initiative to help states design and test improvements […]
The Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) announced Friday that it will terminate six home care agencies from Washington, D.C.’s Medicaid program, following their alleged involvement in a recent fraud investigation. Effective July 15, 2014, the six providers that will receive termination notices include ABA Home Health Care; Nursing Enterprises; Nursing Unlimited; T&N Reliable Nursing […]
Ready availability of home health workers vaulted Minnesota to the top state for seniors for the second year in a row, according to a new report that ranks the healthiest states for older adults. Hawaii ranks second, followed by New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts in the second edition of America’s Health Rankings’ senior report, released […]
A nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in eight cities has resulted in 89 arrests for alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving $223 million in false billing, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Wednesday. The cumulative arrests represented the sixth national Medicare fraud takedown in the Strike Force’s history, […]
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:KND) announced this week that it has signed an agreement to become a strategic partner and owner in a Las Vegas accountable care organization (ACO). Kindred will partner with Silver State Accountable Care Organization, LLC, an ACO that formed in 2013 and services Medicare fee-for-service patients in Southern Nevada. Partnering with Kindred’s […]
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