Medicare

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday released long-awaited guidance for hospice surveyors that fundamentally transforms the survey process, according to a regulatory expert from LeadingAge.

Humana, Cigna and Aetna led a pack of more than 30 Medicare Advantage plans that received overpayments from the  government, according to a report in Kaiser Health News

Home health providers have been laser-focused in recent months on the permanent Patient-Driven Groupings Model payment cut — 3.925% — which went into effect on Jan. 1

Orlando Health announced earlier this week it has tapped healthcare technology platform Biofourmis to help roll out a hospital-at-home program across its 23-hospital system.

Staffing will be the focus in home care and hospice deals this year, according to Mertz Taggart Managing Partner Cory Mertz.

Staffing challenges, post-pandemic demand for services and regulatory changes top the list of challenges home care providers cited in a 2023 trends report by home health technology firm Axxess and professional...

Medicare Advantage and managed care organizations could be the secret to growing Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), according to InnovAge CEO Patrick Blair. 

Encouraged by the government’s two-year extension on acute care at home, hospitals are now poised to move emergency department care into the home as well.

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice praised a recommendation Wednesday by the Government Accounting Office that would require hospice providers to report patient abuse and neglect to the Centers...

Continued uncertainty around Medicare reimbursement rates could keep dogging the home health industry this year, Enhabit Home Health & Hospice executives said Thursday during a webinar sponsored by CSJ...