Home Health Line Breaking News
06/30/2023
CMS estimates that 2024 home health payments would decrease in the aggregate by 2.2%, or a $375 million reduction in payments compared to 2023.
06/26/2023
The 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule is still awaiting key final review before release. But documents published by CMS online suggest at least a few of the changes the industry could expect in the rule.
06/23/2023
CMS has released its proposed rule to streamline prior authorization in government-sponsored health insurance programs, but a contingent of lawmakers want the agency to go further.
06/23/2023
Bipartisan legislation introduced just days ahead of the 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment proposed rule seeks to repeal payment cuts under PDGM and to reframe how MedPAC analyzes agency revenues.
06/20/2023
Growth in home health spending is expected to climb on average 7.4% annually from 2024-2031. That’s compared to a 5.5% average annual increase in health care spending overall.
06/19/2023
CMS is reminding state survey agencies and accrediting organizations to make sure hospitals are meeting regulatory requirements for transfers to home health agencies and other post-acute care providers.
06/14/2023
The agency owes back wages to 1,230 current and former employees.
06/13/2023
Under the new model, multi-disciplinary teams would provide coordinated, palliative care that is available 24-7 for Medicare beneficiaries with serious illnesses or injuries.
06/12/2023
A Florida home health agency, its CEO and two doctors will pay nearly $500,000 collectively to resolve allegations of paying and receiving kickbacks, according to the Department of Justice.
06/08/2023
The Common Working File Host will observe a gray day on Thursday, June 29, 2023, and dark days from Friday, June 30, to Sunday, July 2, according to alerts from NGS and CGS.

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