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 […]

Surgeon General Issues Advisory on the Impacts of Social Isolation

The United States Surgeon General has issued an advisory report calling attention to the public health crisis of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in our country. The advisory titled, Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation, sets a framework for a national strategy to advance social connection. It details recommendations that individuals, governments, workplaces, health systems, and community […]

Hospice SFP proposal may unfairly target larger providers, industry leaders say

HRSA Unveils New Funding to Build Health Workforce

In response to the escalating demand for skilled healthcare professionals in the context of home health care, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently unveiled a new initiative, with funding exceeding $100 million, to fortify and augment the existing nursing workforce. This move by […]

Hospice Preview Reports for November 2023 Refresh Now in QIES

Providers can now access the latest Provider Preview Reports via the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) application. Once released in CASPER, providers will have 30 days during which to review their quality measure results.  Although the actual “preview period” is 30 days, the reports will continue to be available for another 30 days, […]

Where Hospice Compliance Meets Revenue Cycle Management

Payers, Providers Won’t Find Alignment Until Better Palliative Care Quality Standards Are Established

NAHC’s 2023 Backyard Advocacy Bash: Phone Call Frenzy & Virtual Connections

We are in full swing with the annual NAHC Summer Backyard Advocacy working towards making some noise with your Congressional representatives on behalf of the home care and hospice communities. We asked you last week to harness the power of social media and to connect with your lawmakers over the digital airwaves. This week, we need you […]

NAHC and Partners Publish Compilation of State Govt Medicaid Access Rule Comments

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and our partners with the Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care (PMHC) and the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) published a fact sheet outlining concerns included in comment letters submitted by state Medicaid agencies regarding the Medicaid access rule’s 80-20 provision. Several states expressed serious concern […]