LHC Group CEO Urges Congress to Support PDGM-Altering Bill

LHC Group (Nasdaq: LHCG) Chairman and CEO Keith Myers is again calling on Congress to pass legislation refining the assumption-based payment adjustments currently outlined under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). The co-founder of the Lafayette, Louisiana-based company recently penned an article in The Hill emploring legislators to pass S. 433, a new bipartisan bill that […]

Monday Briefing: MedPAC Urges Sooner PPS Implementation

Happy Monday! To kick off your week, start with our Monday Briefing to get caught up on new you might have missed over the weekend and news around the industry. Keep reading to check out our most popular posts from last week. To start, a MedPAC update: The Medical Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), the commission […]

The Hill Column: Please, Congress, Don’t Cut Home Health Funds

Proposed cuts to Medicare funding for home healthcare are endangering one of the few solutions the United States has in caring for seniors, writes former Congressional Budget Office director and American Action Forum President Douglas Holtz-Eakin in a The Hill column this week.  While policy makers have taken a step in the right direction by reversing […]