Happy Monday! Are you ready for Tax Day tomorrow? To keep your mind off your federal and state obligations, catch up on our top stories from last week with your Monday Briefing. Keep reading to see what’s happening around the Internet. An Illinois-based home health care provider, MedPro Health Providers, LLC, is fighting back against […]
Just before Thanksgiving in 2016, Rizaldy Villasenor got some unexpected news that would impact his home health care business and cause him to lay off employees and discharge many of the company’s patients. A Medicare subcontractor slapped the Chicago-based agency, MedPro Health Providers, LLC, with an audit and determined improper payments had been made. That subcontractor, AdvanceMed, […]
Home health agencies that are fed up with referral sources not providing proper documentation have an ally in Washington, D.C.: the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO has elicited a promise that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin requiring more education for referring providers about home health documentation. After reviewing oversight […]
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 […]
After being directed by a court order to clear out the Medicare backlog of home health care claims appeals, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is predicting the backlog will only grow by the time the backlog is meant to be eliminated. In December last year, HHS was ordered to clear its backlog of pending […]
After much speculation and recently leaked drafts, the GOP’s health care plan has finally come out, drawing mixed reactions from home health stakeholders. A bill to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, was released Monday to widespread excitement and critiques across both sides of partisan aisles. The impact of The American Health Care […]
One of the nation’s largest home health care providers has moved on from a sometimes tough 2016 and is taking steps to expand through an acquisition of a major hospital company’s home health and hospice facilities. Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED) signed a definitive agreement to acquire six home health and hospice care centers from Tenet […]
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 […]
Coming off a strong 2016, one of the nation’s biggest home health care providers is focusing its growth strategy on adding hospice services to its current locations. Lafayette, Louisiana-based LHC Group (Nasdaq: LHCG) has found its stride by focusing on hospital partnerships and bundle payment initiatives. And now, the provider wants to add hospice offices to each home health office, Keith […]
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 […]
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