LHC Group Names Josh Profit Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG), a national provider of home health care, hospice, community-based services and long-term acute care hospitals, as named Joshua L. Proffitt as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. He has served as LHC Group’s executive vice president, corporate development […]
The voices of home health providers advocating against Medicare face-to-face documentation requirements have been heard by lawmakers — and providers have reason to be hopeful. The face-to-face documentation requirements, as they stand, are “one of the greatest burdens” faced by home health providers today, according to Sarah Myers, executive director of the Oregon Association for Home Care. […]
The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare, a coalition of home health care providers, has issued further emphasis on supporting legislation that would halt the “arbitrary” 14% cut to the Medicare home health benefit beginning Jan. 1. The coalition calls for increased support for the Securing Access Via Excellence (SAVE) Medicare Home Health Act, which would […]
Congressional leaders are considering a potential solution to Medicare home health benefits reductions implemented under the Affordable Care Act, to the great relief of home health industry groups including the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare. The ACA calls for a 14% cut to Medicare home health funding in the next four years, which began […]
The number of home health job losses escalated in February as the industry posted the largest monthly decline within the healthcare sector, according to recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). February saw 3,800 home health jobs lost during the month, the BLS data notes—a slight increase from December 2013, when the sector […]
New analyses on home health beneficiaries highlights suggests older women and minorities will be disproportionately impacted from cuts to Medicare reimbursements stemming from the Affordable Care Act. A majority of home health beneficiaries and caregivers are women, and Medicare home health beneficiaries are among the most vulnerable of all Medicare beneficiaries, finds analysis completed by […]
Upcoming payment changes to the Home Health Prospective Payment System under the Affordable Care Act have made the start to the new year unhappy, according to a home health alliance that’s urging the Obama Administration to prevent or reverse the planned cuts. A final rule released the Friday before Thanksgiving cuts Medicare home health payments […]
Nearly 150 House Representatives have sent a letter to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expressing concern regarding proposed cuts to Medicare home health reimbursements and how they could affect patient access to skilled home health care. The 142 bipartisan lawmakers signed a Sept. 25 letter urging CMS to conduct a complete analysis […]
While reforms are necessary to payment policy for the nation’s Medicare physicians, introducing a copayment on Medicare home health beneficiaries isn’t the way to go about it, says a home health advocacy group that is pushing instead for stronger measures against fraud. The House Ways and Means Committee has invited industry stakeholders to comment on […]
Nearly half of all seniors in the United Sates are “economically vulnerable” and could be especially at risk in the event Medicare reinstates copayments for home health beneficiaries, say home health leaders citing new research. Just under 20 million Americans have incomes lower than 200% of the supplemental poverty threshold, according to an Economic Policy […]
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