The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the White House announced a new round of regulatory flexibilities aimed at improving care for seniors during the coronavirus Thursday. Home health agencies, however, were largely left out of the picture — again. In its announcement, CMS outlined steps it is taking to increase access […]
In New York, the epicenter of the U.S. public health emergency, home health and home care agencies continue to face staffing challenges and personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages while caring for hundreds of COVID-19 patients. That’s according to a survey released Monday from the Home Care Association of New York State (HCA-NYS), which included responses […]
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, which made landfall in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands on September 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is granting exceptions for certain quality reporting measures for affected health care providers, including home health agencies. CMS granted health care providers similar reporting requirement exceptions following Hurricanes […]
In the aftermath of the record-breaking storm Hurricane Harvey, home health care agencies in Texas counties or Louisiana parishes designated as major disaster counties have been granted exceptions for Medicare quality reporting, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday. Specifically, providers are granted exceptions for Medicare quality reporting and value-based purchasing programs, and […]
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