It’s been a hectic time since Bill Dombi officially took over as president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) about 11 months ago. Perhaps more than anything, though, it’s been a period punctuated by the introduction of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), the biggest payment overhaul the home health industry has […]
By Mark Heaney for Home Health Care News Names are important. That’s why it’s time to scrap the “non-skilled” label in home care. With very good reason, the industry has reacted with great excitement to the early 2018 news that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is permitting Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to add home and community services […]
Date: Jan. 25, 2019Time: 1:00 p.m. CST – 2:00 p.m. CSTRegister Now As agencies prepare for upcoming changes associated with the implementation of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), this webinar will combine expert knowledge with practical guidance on best practices to handle one of the biggest adjustments for the industry in many years. Gain insights on: CMS’s […]
The Medicare Advantage (MA) carve-in that many industry insiders pegged as “inevitable” has finally arrived. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) on Friday morning announced it is expanding the MA Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model, using VBID to test out several wide-ranging updates to MA offerings, including a hospice carve-in set to take […]
In many ways, 2018 was a coming of age for the home care industry, as it steadily became recognized as a key part of the overall continuum of care due to its ability to keep older adults safely at home and out of the hospital. Among the biggest changes to home care in 2018: the […]
Home Health Care News’ most-read stories of 2018 largely focused on Medicare Advantage changes, payment updates and regulatory initiatives. But every year there are also stories that don’t make our most-read list that we feel are deserving of another look. These stories highlight interesting trends, shed light on important topics and capture some of the […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) did not meet its publicly announced Monday goal of launching the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) in Illinois. RCD is a revamped version of CMS’ widely opposed Pre-Claim Review Demonstration (PCRD) from 2016, an initiative that required home health providers to send in their Medicare claims earlier in […]
Salaries for home health care employees saw a slight jump from 2017 to 2018. Unfortunately, so did turnover rates. That’s according to the latest Home Care Salary & Benefits report from Oakland, New Jersey-based Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service, which provides salary and benefits studies, along with custom marketplace studies, for the health care industry. […]
At times, home health stakeholders have knocked the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for not listening to industry concerns, particularly when it comes to the introduction of new payment models. CMS is now looking to buck that trend — at least in one specific regard. On Thursday, the agency posted a notice […]
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released final language Wednesday for its Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), the sprawling home health payment overhaul that policy experts see as the biggest industry change in decades. Likely to the disappointment of many home health agencies, CMS stood by PDGM’s widely opposed behavioral adjustment aspect. If […]
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