New CMS Open Door Forum on Wednesday, August 30

The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, August 30, 2023, PM at 2:00 PM-3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). Please log on at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time. **This Agenda is Subject to Change** Chair – Brian Slater, Center for Medicare, CMS Co-Chair- Kelly Vontran, […]

Numbers of Medicaid terminations of older, disabled growing by the week

Updates From the Hospice Quality Reporting Program

Hospice providers should be aware of the following two updates in the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP): Providers can now access the latest Provider Preview Reports via their Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) folder.  The purpose of this report is to give providers the opportunity to preview each of their HIS and claims-based […]

The Countdown Starts Now… Just a Few Days to SAVE $100

The 2023 Home Care and Hospice Conference & Expo is coming up in two months— take advantage of $100 off registration with code JoinNAHC100 until August 31, 2023. This year we’re bringing in some of the top names in home health and hospice to break down industry trends and challenges on the horizon. Over 100 speakers are here to […]

How Emerging Hospice Regulations Could Impact Providers

Redeterminations, 80/20 provision pose two major Medicaid concerns, NAHC’s Terzaghi says

Home Care and Hospice News Review

Read on for NAHC Report’s regular round-up of important home care, home health, and hospice stories from around the country. If there is a story you would like to share with your fellow home care and hospice professionals, please send it tom@nahc.org. Older adults, people with disabilities a casualty of Medicaid unwinding, analysis says The Medicaid […]

House GOPers Express Concern to CMS with Medicaid Access Rule

On Tuesday, August 22, 2023, 21 Republicans in the House of Representatives sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expressing concerns with the 80-20 provision in the Medicaid Access proposed rule. The provision would require that at least 80 percent of all Medicaid payments for homemaker, home health aide, and […]

Florida Court Ruling on PDN & Implications for Medicaid Nationally

Recently, a Federal Court decision in Florida directed the state to expand the availability of community-based services and move children in the Medicaid program out of institutional settings. As Ms. Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq wrote in an explanation of the decision, the court ruling specifically identified deficiencies with the availability of Private Duty Nursing as a root cause of […]

Patients and Discrimination Against Caregivers

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued ACARE HHC, Inc.; doing business as Four Seasons Licensed Home Health Care Agency in Brooklyn, New York; on the basis that the Agency removed home health aides from work assignments based on their race and national origin in order to accommodate client preferences in violation of the […]

IMPORTANT Summit Update & Workforce Solutions

Private Duty Summit attendees can NOW enjoy complete access to the entire 2023 Home Care and Hospice Conference & Expo with just one registration. When you register, you will gain entry to an additional 40+ immersive sessions led by over 100 experts breaking down everything from finance to regulation to compliance to so much more. […]

The Countdown Starts Now… Just a Few Days to SAVE $100

The 2023 Home Care and Hospice Conference & Expo is coming up in two months— take advantage of $100 off registration with code JoinNAHC100 until August 31, 2023. This year we’re bringing in some of the top names in home health and hospice to break down industry trends and challenges on the horizon. Over 100 speakers are here to […]