Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
As business does go on, more of it continues to come through payer sources other than traditional Medicare, its earnings release Wednesday showed. Based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Amedisys is one of the largest providers of home health and hospice care in the country. (Nasdaq: AMED). million, a 4% year-over-year increase.
Briggs Healthcare
AUGUST 23, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Effective oversight and enforcement are important to protect the integrity of the Medicare program, especially for vulnerable, seriously ill individuals and their families. Unfortunately, hospices are profiting from fraud at the expense of beneficiaries far too often.
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Briggs Healthcare
JANUARY 13, 2023
GAO’s review of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for reporting and responding to abuse and neglect allegations found two gaps in the requirements for hospices, compared with requirements for extended care provided in hospitals and nursing homes.
Home Health Care
DECEMBER 3, 2021
Home health agencies and other Medicare stakeholders are worried, however, about a potential 6% cut that could be coming down the pike. The cuts come in the form of Medicare sequestration and PAYGO. Signed into law in August 2011, Medicare sequestration is a federal savings mechanism that aims to decrease the U.S.
Home Health Care
AUGUST 22, 2024
In the past, providers have pleaded for a “seat at the table” in the health care continuum. That may not always be evident, particularly in conversations with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). But, to a certain extent, they now hold the cards. You’ve got to have data.”
Home Health Care
JULY 8, 2024
The Troy, Michigan-based company is already in 15 states and cares for over 70,000 patients under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) programs. It provides in-home primary care, as well as home health care, hospice care, palliative care, radiology and laboratory services.
Home Health Care
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
People who receive home health care during the last three years of their lives are more likely to utilize hospice care at the end of life. Medicare fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries who passed away in 2019, and were enrolled for at least three years before their death.
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