HHS takes actions to keep people covered during Medicaid unwinding … VNA, Compassus partner on end-of-life benefit through VBID model … Older adults used more family caregivers over past...
CMS introduces primary care innovation model
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 12, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) disclosed Thursday that it will be testing a new voluntary primary care model in eight states.
HRSA ends Pandemic Relief Fund payments to home care, other providers
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 12, 2023
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) revealed last week that it will no longer be issuing Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments after the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 was signed into...
Home Care briefs for Monday, June 12
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 12, 2023
Walgreens sells remaining Option Care Health stake … Nonmedical home care firm Caring Senior Service opens second location in California … Nurse Next Door to expand to England … Somatus expands...
New Hampshire Legislature approves budget with critical Medicaid HCBS funding
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C. Max Bachmann
Jun 09, 2023
The New Hampshire Senate and House approved a two-year budget this week that may result in more funding for the state’s Choices for Independence Program (CFI), a Medicaid waiver program that provides...
Home Care briefs for Friday, June 9
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 09, 2023
Avid Health at Home acquires For Papa’s Sake Home Care, ranked the No. 1 agency in North America by Home Care Pulse in 2022 … VillageMD selected for NIH-funded Alzheimer’s...
CMS prods hospitals to improve discharge info for home health, SNFs
By
James M. Berklan
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 08, 2023
The home care community is supporting a special memo issued this week that draws attention to hospitals’ shortcomings in providing post-acute care providers with adequate discharge information.
Home Care briefs for Thursday, June 8
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 08, 2023
JAMA Network op-ed comments on ‘complex terrain of home care‘ … A first: FDA uses premarket review to approve COVID-19 home test … Equality Health, a primary care platform, launches...
Working with MA plans requires new mindset, leaders say
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 07, 2023
Healthcare leaders urged home care providers Tuesday to be careful upfront when negotiating contracts with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.
Philadelphia home care provider on the hook for over $7M due to overtime violations
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 06, 2023
A federal court has ordered a Philadelphia home care provider and its owner to pay over $7 million in back wages and damages to 1,230 current and former employees in connection with failing to pay overtime...