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The ‘Strange Tension’ That Exists Between Consumer-Directed Models, Regulations Surrounding Them

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However, there is a tension that exists between the demand for those alternative care models and the regulations from the federal government that could drastically affect them. The Florida law requires the nurse registry to use independent contractors. You get regulated based on that nurse registry licensure.

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‘It’s Now for the Wealthy’: Regulation Creating Cost Barriers for Live-In Home Care Services

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Mostly, though, the Obama-era regulation has ended up decreasing the amount of live-in care that home care agencies provide. But instead of improving the situation, industry regulation has just decreased the amount of paid people in the profession. “I The administration’s goal at the time was to raise caregiver wages.

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Why Home Care Providers May Need to Rethink No-Hire Clauses 

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The Case For Stronger Caregiver Vetting In Home Care 

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Therefore, regulators and providers are increasingly taking a closer look at who they’re hiring in the first place. Several states have regulatory requirements for screening caregivers who provide in-home services,” Angelo Spinola, home health, home care and hospice chair at the law firm Polsinelli, told Home Health Care News.

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DOL Recovers Over $1 Million In Wages From Home Health Agencies Over ‘Numerous’ Violations

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Those companies “shortchanged employees by violating numerous federal regulations that govern how workers must legally be paid,” according to a press release from the DOL. Although the DOL has asserted that there are no alterations to the joint employment test, this contradicts the impact on the economic realities test.

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Why Accurate Cost Reporting Could Be Key To Higher Rates In Home Health Care

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CMS seems to think there are too many of us and we’re making too much money,” Robert Markette, an attorney with the law firm Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, said during an Axxess panel. “If It’s important to remember, Markette said, that CMS and its experts do not operate — they regulate. “I’ve

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Where, When And Why Home Health Billing Fraud Becomes Obvious

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Matt Wolfe, office managing shareholder at the law firm Baker Donelson, wrote in an email to Home Health Care News that although the study does not measure actual fraud, it does provide some interesting insights into how purported “fraud” occurs in home health.