CMS Proposes a New Home Infusion Therapy Benefit

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its proposed home health rule on Monday, July 2, 2018. The rule contains the calendar year (CY) 2019 payment rate updates for home health agencies and a proposal for a revised payment model, Patient Directed Grouping Model, effective in CY 2020. In addition to payment updates, […]

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For NAHC Members: Important Survey on Home Infusion Patients

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A group of researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine interested in learning how people across the country track vascular access device complications in home infusion therapy patients have created a short, but important and helpful survey to gather information on the subject that should be valuable to NAHC members. The researchers are learning […]

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What this Week on Capitol Hill Meant for Home Care & Hospice

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It has been a wild and very impactful week for home care and hospice, and many changes will be occurring in the coming years in our industry as a result of the federal budget (H.R.1892, the Bipartisan Budget Act) passed by both chambers of Congress and signed into law by the President. This law included […]

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