A lawsuit over Medicare home health face-to-face physician encounter requirements being prepared by the National Association for Home Care and Hospice is ready to go, the association said via its website Wednesday. But the association is meeting with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to discuss the issue further. Due to industry concerns stemming from the […]
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Kathleen Sebelius recently announced her resignation as secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services following the end of open enrollment for—and botched rollout of—the health insurance exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act. On April 11, President Barack Obama nominated Sylvia Mathews Burwell to take over the position. Burwell is the current director of […]
The home health industry is potentially facing up to nearly $200 billion of reimbursement cuts in the next 10 years. President Obama’s 2015 budget proposal, released Tuesday, contains home health copayments for Medicare beneficiaries along with cuts to post-acute care provider reimbursements for the next decade. The proposed budget suggests reducing the Market Basket Index […]
Perceptions vary on whether the Department of Labor’s (DOL) “companionship exemption” can be viewed as a positive stride for caregiver labor protections or a hindrance to the home health industry, according to panelists during a House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing held Wednesday. The highly contested “companionship exemption” announced by the DOL in September has been […]
The VA has delayed its effective date for new billing methodology for non-VA home health and hospice providers. Originally scheduled to take effect November 15, the rule has been postponed until April 1, 2014, the Department of Veterans Affairs has announced. A rule was proposed February 18, 2010 to change billing methodology for some non-VA […]
Lawmakers aim to limit Medicare payments for home health agencies that have, on, average, a higher number of episodes of care, according to a recently proposed bill from the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The bill, H.R. 3245, was introduced by Congressmen Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Jim Matheson (D-UT), who both serve on the Committee, […]
ContinuLink, a web-based home care software solutions provider, has been recognized by the National Council on Medicaid Home Care as its inaugural Business Associate sponsor and member of the Medicaid Council. The Business Associate member category was recently created by the Council, an affiliate of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, to recognize […]
Following the inability of the House, Senate, and White House to reach an agreement or compromise on funding for the Federal Government, the new fiscal year beginning October 1, 2013 started off with a government shutdown that has closed many departments or depleted their workforces. However, the government shutdown will have only a minimal impact […]
Last week, home health leaders applauded Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) for sending a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) voicing her concerns against proposed home health rebasing cuts. The letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urges the federal agency to reconsider the proposal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that […]
Trade groups representing the home health industry are voicing support for several aspects of the Commission on Long-Term Care’s final report to Congress, which includes a recommendation that would expand access to Medicare coverage for home care. The vision of the bipartisan, federally-appointed long-term care panel is to create “a more responsive, integrated, person-centered, and […]
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