Even if you are a nonaffected bystander, it’s hard not to be drawn into the evolving and increasingly drama-filled story surrounding the Change Healthcare cyberattack.
CMS hears you, hospice providers
By
Liza Berger
Mar 08, 2024
Rarely does the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services succeed in shocking us. The large bureaucracy, which is not exactly known for its nimbleness, managed to do so this week when it abruptly cancelled...
Dying with dignity: Jimmy Carter’s enduring lesson
By
Liza Berger
Mar 01, 2024
Today is the start of March. But it would not be right to say good-bye to February without mentioning a quite extraordinary happening (and I’m not talking about Leap Year). I’m referring to President...
The family caregiver still faces resource hurdles
By
Liza Berger
Feb 23, 2024
It seems we have entered the era of the family caregiver.
A fool’s errand: My brush with fraud
By
Liza Berger
Feb 16, 2024
I felt pretty foolish this past weekend. In trying to sell my dad’s high-performance recliner chair, I joined Facebook’s Marketplace and nearly got scammed.
There’s no place like home — when you die
By
Liza Berger
Feb 09, 2024
My dad died last week. I am still processing the event, which now ranks among the hardest, most surreal experiences of my life.
CMS’ new Behavioral Health Model recognizes seniors’ complex health needs
By
Liza Berger
Jan 19, 2024
Increasingly, it seems, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is grasping the multifaceted health challenges facing older Americans, the value of community-based stakeholders as problem solvers...
MedPAC’s alternate home health reality
By
Liza Berger
Jan 12, 2024
Home health operators and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) continue to see appropriate reimbursement quite differently
A worthy New Year’s resolution: Nominating a McKnight’s Woman of Distinction
By
Liza Berger
Jan 05, 2024
Ah, the New Year. The turning of the calendar never fails to offer promise of a new chapter, the promise of change, an improved you.
A home care reality check on the eve of 2024
By
Liza Berger
Dec 15, 2023
Cheer up, home care providers. Though 2023 ended up with a stinging home health funding defeat, there is still a lot to be hopeful about heading into 2024.