Home Health Line Breaking News
11/27/2013
Small private duty agencies will have to wait another year before being able to enroll online in the federal Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP). But those small businesses still will be able to enroll in SHOP through an insurer, agent or broker next year.
 
11/22/2013
CMS' final 2014 PPS rule, which was released today, contains a net reduction of 1.05%, slightly lower than the 1.5% in the proposed rule.
11/22/2013

CMS’ final 2014 PPS rule, which was released today, contains a net reduction of 1.05%, slightly lower than the 1.5% in the proposed rule.

11/13/2013
Time Warner Cable Business Class — a division of Time Warner Cable — announced this week that it will start a “Virtual Visit” telemedicine trial with Cleveland Clinic.
10/24/2013
California recently passed the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act of 2013, which requires agencies to conduct background checks on workers and list aides in an online registry, according to the New York Times.
 
10/24/2013
CMS announced today that it could delay releasing the CY 2014 Home Health Prospective Payment System Final Rule (CMS-1450-F) for nearly a month. The rule now will be released on or before Nov. 27.
 
10/19/2013
A bill was recently introduced to limit Medicare payment when a home health agency exceeds specific threshold limits on the average number of episodes of care.
10/16/2013
The  Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) enrollment system, which went offline for system maintenance on or about Oct 10 is online and accepting entries; and the PECOS surrogate program, which had been promised but not given an opening date by CMS, launched on Oct. 15.
10/16/2013
The House’s Small Business Subcommittee on Health and Technology recently held a hearing to discuss a provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that defines full-time employees as those who work 30 hours a week rather than 40.
 
10/15/2013
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