Medicare

A new study supports the benefits of value-based purchasing (HHVBP) just a few months before Medicare will require home health providers nationwide to adopt the model.

The Bipartisan Policy Center urged Washington on Wednesday to expand Programs for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE

Medicare Advantage’s expansion into the home continued on Monday with Cigna and Aetna both announcing enhanced in-home benefits to their 2023 plans.

UnitedHealthcare and Humana are touting expanded in-home benefits to Medicare Advantage (MA) plan members for 2023, less than two weeks before the start of Medicare’s open enrollment period. The two...

The owners of an Illinois home health agency were sentenced to prison last week and ordered to pay more than $8 million in restitution for a Medicare fraud scheme. The Department of Justice said Patricia...

Seniors could get increased access to medically tailored meals under Medicare, and food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other dietary services under the Biden administration’s...

Patients with chronic heart failure who received collaborative home-based palliative care were more likely to die at home, rather than in a hospital, according to new research.

The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled its first national strategy to support family caregivers on Wednesday.

Some hospice providers could run afoul of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services if the agency reimposes its community volunteer requirement  immediately at the end of the COVID-19 public health...

Cutting resources to the home and community-based agencies providing these services will simply shift the burde