HHS extends temporary Medicaid enrollment period to ease coverage disruption
By
Liza Berger
Mar 28, 2024
The Department of Health and Human Services today disclosed it is extending a temporary special enrollment period (SEP) to help people who have lost Medicaid coverage due to the so-called unwinding. Thousands...
Addus’ investment in Medicaid personal care has paid off, CEO says
By
Adam Healy
Mar 06, 2024
The expansion of personal care services, especially through Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS), presents opportunities for growth, Addus HomeCare leaders said Tuesday during the Raymond...
The home (not the hospital) should be the hub for behavioral healthcare
By
Joe McDonough
Jan 23, 2024
The American mental health system is irreparably broken and demands urgent action. People are struggling, and the wait time to get them help is backing up our healthcare systems, burning out our healthcare...
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
In 2024, home care demand to fuel efforts to stretch resources, identify solutions
By
Stephen Vaccaro
Dec 19, 2023
Amid the uncertainties that lie ahead, it’s safe to say that home care services — already invaluable to many — will assume even greater importance.
CMS gets tough on Medicaid unwinding compliance with interim final rule
By
Adam Healy
Dec 08, 2023
CMS released an interim final rule granting enforcement authorities to protect Medicaid beneficiaries from improper terminations.
Home care providers can help to mitigate Medicaid unwinding’s effects on patients
By
Kim Glenn
Oct 12, 2023
Medicaid’s expenditures may be decreasing, but those in the home care industry are stopping short of celebrating the recently documented cost savings. Since March of this year, state governments have...
Government shutdown could delay release of home health final rule, hamper agency operations, experts...
By
Adam Healy
Sep 29, 2023
While key programs such as Medicare and Medicaid will not immediately be affected, a shutdown could delay the pending home health final rule.
Medicaid coverage restored for 500,000 affected by ex parte glitch, HHS says
By
Adam Healy
Sep 25, 2023
CMS halted disenrollment and restored coverage for about half a million people affected by a glitch in Medicaid auto-renewal processes.