Home Health Line Breaking News
12/20/2020
CMS’ Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation has an opportunity for Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) to participate in the Global and Professional Options of the Direct Contracting Model. 
12/18/2020
Beginning Jan. 1, home health agencies that wish to provide and bill Medicare Home Infusion Therapy (HIT) professional services for calendar year 2021, will be required to enroll with the Part B Medicare Administrative Contractor (A/B MAC) in their state.
12/14/2020
On December 3, 2020, U.S. Transcend Strategy Group fielded a survey asking if the COVID-19 vaccine would impact people’s willingness to receive care.
12/13/2020
Agency leaders should check with their state and local health departments if interested in vaccine distribution. CMS has said that it will pay providers for administering the vaccine to beneficiaries.
12/11/2020
CMS has issued a proposed rule that would improve electronic exchange of health care data among payers, providers, and patients and streamline processes related to prior authorization to reduce burden on providers and patients, according to a press release.
12/07/2020
The Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act, H.R. 8840 legislation, was introduced by Reps. Brad Schneider , D-Ill., and David McKinley , R-W.Va., “to extend the suspension of the two percent Medicare sequestration payment reductions through the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE),” according to a December 3, 2020, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) press release.
12/04/2020
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, has introduced three new pieces of legislation targeting home care quality and support for care providers.
12/04/2020
CMS is ready to test a payment and care model that would likely include new opportunities for home health and hospice providers, according to industry leaders.
11/30/2020
State and federal health officials are fleshing out their final plans for who will get a COVID-19 vaccine first.
11/30/2020
In a November 20, 2020, CMS press release, a drug payment model through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will lower Medicare Part B payments on certain drugs.

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