Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
NAHC & 3 Other Orgs Talk Hospice Program Integrity with CMS Admin
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and three other organizations – Leading Age, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) – met with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to share concerns and recommendations to address the […]
Read MoreOur Response to ProPublica Article Alleging Abuse in Medicare Hospice Benefit
An article on the hospice industry published by ProPublica on November 28 (Endgame: How the Visionary Hospice Movement Became a For-Profit Hustle), 2022, gives readers an inaccurate view of the Medicare hospice benefit, a uniquely person-centered program that brought comfort to 1.7 million Americans and their families in 2020. The article utilizes a few instances […]
Read MoreOur Response to ProPublica Article Alleging Abuse in Medicare Hospice Benefit
An article on the hospice industry published by ProPublica on November 28 (Endgame: How the Visionary Hospice Movement Became a For-Profit Hustle), 2022, gives readers an inaccurate view of the Medicare hospice benefit, a uniquely person-centered program that brought comfort to 1.7 million Americans and their families in 2020. The article utilizes a few instances […]
Read MoreNAHC Urges CMS to Collect Data on Technology-based and Chaplain Visits
Prior to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) many hospice providers had significant success with use of technology-based visits; however, there were a number of hospices that did not utilize technologies to their fullest extent because they believed they were required to provide all visits in-person. Early in the PHE, the Centers for Medicare & […]
Read MoreNAHC Urges CMS to Collect Data on Technology-based and Chaplain Visits
Prior to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) many hospice providers had significant success with use of technology-based visits; however, there were a number of hospices that did not utilize technologies to their fullest extent because they believed they were required to provide all visits in-person. Early in the PHE, the Centers for Medicare & […]
Read MoreCMS Launches New Tool to Compare Nursing Home Vaccination Rates
Hospice organizations provide a significant level of services to nursing facility patients and have experienced numerous challenges throughout the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency delivering care to nursing home patients. Therefore, NAHC believes hospice providers might be interested in recent action taken by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide public access to […]
Read More56th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law legislation that established Medicare and Medicaid. For 56 years since, these programs have helped to protect the health and well-being of millions of Americans throughout all of life’s key moments. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure released the following statements to […]
Read MoreBiden’s Choice for CMS Admin Confirmed
The United States Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s choice to be the next administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on a mostly party-line vote of 55-44. Republicans Roy Blunt (MO), Richard Burr (NC), Susan Collins (ME), Jerry Moran (KS), and Lisa Murkowski (AK) voted with the Democrats to confirm. Ms. Brooks-LaSure becomes […]
Read MoreBiden’s Choice for CMS Admin Confirmed
The United States Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s choice to be the next administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on a mostly party-line vote of 55-44. Republicans Roy Blunt (MO), Richard Burr (NC), Susan Collins (ME), Jerry Moran (KS), and Lisa Murkowski (AK) voted with the Democrats to confirm. Ms. Brooks-LaSure becomes […]
Read MoreReports: Biden to Nominate Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as CMS Admin
According to reports, President Joe Biden will select Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to be the next administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the largest component of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), with ten offices around the country, more than 6000 employees, and over $1 trillion in annual expenditures. CMS has […]
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