Home Health Line Breaking News
06/26/2024
The reduction in payments includes a permanent 3.6% cut in the national, standardized 30-day period payments as part of behavioral adjustments under PDGM, amounting to a $595 million decrease. It is offset partially by a 2.5% increase in the home health payment update percentage.
06/24/2024
The 2025 Home Health PPS Proposed Rule will likely include four new Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) items for quality reporting beginning in 2027.
06/23/2024
Both reports are expected to be completed in 2026.
06/20/2024
An Georgia-based hospice company has agreed to pay $1.4 million to resolve allegations that owners and managers entered into kickback arrangements with medical directors in exchange for referrals of hospice patients to the company.
06/14/2024
Average annual growth in home health care spending in 2025 and 2026 leads all other health care settings at 7.1%.
06/13/2024
As many as one out of every 25 Medicare beneficiaries over 65 do not identify as “straight,” according to new data released by CMS.
06/13/2024
As drafted, the Hospice CARE Act would increase survey frequency for new hospices, create coverage for in-home respite services and require medical review contractors to have specialized knowledge and training in hospice.
06/11/2024
The BLS estimates home health care services has added 30,000 more jobs this spring than employers added in spring 2023.
06/10/2024
Industry experts encourage providers to use model examples of compliant NOEs to avoid denials.
06/07/2024
According to an indictment unsealed June 6, three of the defendants allegedly operated a series of sham hospice companies.

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