Following the announcement Tuesday of a new rule that would grant minimum wage and overtime protections to the nation’s two million home care workers, AARP has weighed in on the topic by expressing its support. “AARP has long advocated for increasing access to home and community-based services for older adults and persons with disabilities,” said […]
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The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is partnering with several home health care trade associations to provide resources to industry participants outlining the financial impact of proposed home health rebasing that would cut Medicare reimbursements by 14%. NAHC’s Legislative Action Network has teamed up with the Alliance for Home Health Quality and […]
Members of Congress are circulating and signing a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking a reversal of the face-to-face documentation requirements under its durable medical equipment (DME) reimbursement program. Originally scheduled to take effect on July 1, CMS delayed the rule’s implementation in June with a new effective date of October […]
New bipartisan legislation introduced recently that would allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse midwives to order home health services for Medicare beneficiaries is gaining support. U.S. Representatives Greg Walden (R-Ore.) and Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) are now joined by 23 other co-sponsors, up from 19 at the time of the bill’s […]
Proposed changes to the Medicare home health prospective payment system amounting to $290 million in reductions in 2014 are not fair and not right, the National Association for Home Care and Hospice said in a statement Friday. The proposed changes apply the full 3.5% rate cut authorized under law and are based on 13.63% margins […]
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) will hold its annual conference in Washington, D.C. on July 28-30, the trade group announced on Wednesday. Each year, home health and hospice leaders meet for the Financial Management Conference & Exposition, designed to address opportunities and challenges the industry faces. As the Affordable Care Act’s […]
In the long wait for a decision on a proposed rule change for minimum wages and overtime, home care workers are continuing to “wait and see,” writes Yahoo! News in a report this week. “These essential employees, who work in the privacy of people’s homes for a short time such as with [one care recipient] […]
In an increasingly competitive home health marketplace, agencies report they are seeing a viable business opportunity in partnering with hospitals in light of readmission penalties. Since October 2012, hospitals have been subject to reimbursement cuts by as little as 1% per beneficiary after Medicare found readmissions—often avoidable—cost the program an estimated $26 billion annually. The […]
Changes to Medicare’s benefit design currently being considered by the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, such as cost sharing for home health and hospice care services, have been denounced by the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC). The House Subcommittee held a hearing on Tuesday focusing on cost-sharing changes to the Medicare […]
New durable medical equipment Medicare pricing announced last week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services left the home health industry “shocked” and “stunned,” according to reports and statements from those who provide home care services. The Round 2 pricing under the current bidding system for DME equipment is unsustainable, industry advocates said, calling […]
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