Home Health Care

JULY 14, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its home health proposed payment rule for 2024. The proposal, almost immediately, drew a negative response from key home health stakeholders. The main headline was CMS’ decision to propose a home health payment decrease of 2.2%. Cleamon Moorer Jr.,

Medicare 83

Medicare Home Care Rehabilitation Medicaid 83

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

DispatchHealth Raises $330M for Hospital-at-Home Care. DispatchHealth , a provider of in-home medical care raises $330M led by Optum Ventures with support from current investors such as Humana (NYSE: HUM), Oak HC/FT, Echo Health Ventures and Questa Capital.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 17, 2022

starting with Choose Home. Potential cost-saving is what is attracting bipartisan support for this legislation,” Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), told Home Health Care News during a recent HHCN+ TALKS episode. How NAHC views the in-home care workforce situation.

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Integration Home Care Medicare Medicaid 98

Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In summer, hardly a week went by where Choice Health at Home wasn’t in the headlines. Founded in 2007 by David Jackson, a licensed physical therapist, Choice is a home health, hospice and rehabilitation services provider with dozens of locations in Texas, Oklahoma and a couple of other states. A significant opportunity’.

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This priority is highlighted in Ohio’s effort to support family caregiving by setting an outcome and objectives to “improve home care workforce capacity and caregiver supports.” Ohio State Plan Outcome 12: Improve Home Care Workforce Capacity and Caregiver Supports Objective 12.1:

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Home Care Prevention Population Health Rehabilitation 69

Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2018

Even with moderating medical trend growth, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expect that healthcare spending will account for 20% of the U.S. As with public sector healthcare spending (“entitlements” in the form of Medicare and Medicaid), healthcare spending crowds out U.S. economy by 2026.

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Briggs Healthcare

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The pre-rulemaking process provides the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) with a vehicle to hear from stakeholders for early consideration of measures. The long-stay nursing home population is defined as residents who have received 101 or more cumulative days of nursing home care by the end of the target assessment period.

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Medicare Nursing Hospitals Rehabilitation 40

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

States such as Texas, Wyoming , and New Jersey are adopting Medicaid reimbursement of collaborative care services and are addressing capacity to transition to CoCM. People with COD are significantly more likely to be arrested , with a disproportionate impact on women and Black adults. An action plan dashboard tracks targets.

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Medicaid Integration Primary Care Nursing 52

NASHP

MARCH 28, 2022

State Medicaid-funded long-term services and supports (LTSS) systems are not well-positioned to compete for this shrinking pool of workers. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened these burdens, with the increased shortage of workers underscoring the critical role direct care workers play for the people they serve, as well as family caregivers.

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Nursing Medicaid Home Care Rehabilitation 98

NASHP

OCTOBER 16, 2023

New Jersey: Facilities Connect Patients to Services New Jersey leveraged legislation to ensure that those patients that could benefit from palliative care would learn about the service. Oregon leveraged its Patient-Centered Primary Care Home Program (PCPCH).

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Hospice Care Medicaid Rehabilitation 52

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 31, 2023

We are concerned that significant reductions to home health care reimbursement would create access to care issues for Medicare beneficiaries.” In June, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a 2.2% aggregate decrease to home health payments for 2024. This year’s Medicare cut is on top of $3.7

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Health Care recently held a hearing centered around home health care and aging in place in the U.S. The general consensus of many of the home health stakeholders that attended was that the hearing was a success. You mentioned the home health provider voice that was there.

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Medicare Rehabilitation Home Care Nursing 104

Home Health Care

AUGUST 18, 2022

It has been well documented how home health providers and advocacy organizations feel about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) home health proposed payment rule for CY 2023. 65% of voters oppose CMS implementing a cut to Medicare home health services, while only 20% support the cut. –

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Medicare Rehabilitation Medicaid Home Care 91