Home Health Media Clips
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Measure Requires Insurers to Pay Providers Equally for Telehealth, In-Person Visits
Home Health Care News
Walmart Health, Amedisys Partner to Expand Home Health Access Nationwide
Home Health Care News
House CR Would Fund Health Extenders, Delay DSH Cuts Through Nov. 21
Inside Health Policy
Pelosi Pushing Drug-Price Bill Amid Party Split Over Its Scope
Bloomberg
Pelosi Bill To Subject At Least 25 Drugs To Medicare Price Negotiation
Inside Health Policy
Home Health Media Clips
Wednesday, September 18
Consumer-Directed Regulatory Changes Trigger Home Care Layoffs, Possible Closures
Home Health Care News
Overcoming the Interoperability Gap in Home Health
Home Care Magazine
Wage supports backed for home health care workers
Telegram (MA)
Providers, Insurers Push Lawmakers In Two Directions On Prior Auth
Inside Health Policy
Pelosi Expected To Unveil Drug Pricing Plan Wednesday
Inside Health Policy
Home Health Media Clips
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Data Analytics Arms Race Continues Ahead of PDGM
Home Health Care News
The Future Of Medicare: What Every Baby Boomer Should Know
Forbes
House leaders investigate private equity firms over surprise medical bills
Modern Healthcare
Home Health Media Clips
Monday, September 16, 2019
Industry Awaits Verdict on PDGM’s Behavioral Adjustments After Arguing Case to CMS
Home Health Care News
*PQHH Comment Letter Quoted
New Law Could Increase Home Health, Hospice Labor Costs 30%
Home Health Care News
Senior Living Providers Could Acquire Home Health On the Cheap in 2020
Senior Housing News
Biden, Sanders continue sparring on health care after third debate
FOX News
House Calls Provide Better Care And Save Money. Why Don't More Use Them?
Forbes
CMS Pledges Enforcement Of Rule Restricting Union Dues In Medicaid
Inside Health Policy
GOP Senators Plan to Work Out Differences on Surprise Billing
Bloomberg
AG: Home health aides improperly paid, threatened with deportation
Times Union
Home Health Media Clips
Friday, September 13, 2019
Legislators Need To Back Act To Help Medicare Beneficiaries’ Caregivers
The State
*PDGM Bill LTE
State Home Health Leaders Go on the PDGM Offensive
Home Health Care News
*Highlights PDGM Bill OpEds from TX, TN, KS, AL & MI
7 new tech devices for elder care that help seniors live happier, healthier lives
CNBC
Millions at Stake for Nursing Homes Under Value-Based Pay Switch
Bloomberg
HHS Issues Millions in Funding for Patient Access to Care
PatientEngagementHIT
White House Losing Interest In Promised Health Care Overhaul
Inside Health Policy
Health Care Again Leads Democratic Debate
Inside Health Policy
Home Health Care News
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Protect seniors’ right to Medicare home health care
Chicago Sun Times
*PDGM Bill LTE
Aging in Place Often Viewed as a Pipe Dream by U.S. Seniors
Home Health Care News
Lawmakers Look to Eliminate 24-Hour Workdays in Home Care
Home Health Care News
Americans 'fed up' with high healthcare costs, surprise billing, Verma says
Modern Healthcare
Addressing Home Health’s Greatest Challenge: Staffing
D CEO Healthcare
Home Health Media Clips
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Congress: Support bipartisan solutions to protect Medicare home health
The Hill
*Tim Rogers PDGM Bill OpEd
MedPAC proposes post-acute pay system based on quality measures
McKnight’s Long Term Care News
Trump Welcomes Pelosi’s Draft As He Presses GOP To Back Finance Bill
Inside Health Policy
Pelosi Plan to Expand Drug-Pricing Reach Rallies Backers
Bloomberg
Home Health Media Clips
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Home health agencies demand CMS halt 8% cut based on perceived misbehavior
Fierce Healthcare
*PQHH Quoted
Comment Period Closes For Proposed Home Health Payment Rule
Home Health Care News
House, Senate Return To Work On Rx Pricing, Appropriations, Maternal Health
Inside Health Policy
Financial Incentives, Daily Pay Identified as Key to Fighting Staffing Shortages
Home Health Care News
Proposed Home Infusion Benefit Exciting to Some, ‘Deeply Flawed’ to Others
Home Health Care News
How home health aides could save the economy
The Week
Home Health Media Clips
Monday, September 9, 2019
Medicare’s home healthcare changes worrisome
Orlando Sentinel
*PDGM Bill LTE
Traditional Medicare Has Better Home Healthcare Than MA, Study Finds
Health Payer Intelligence
Post-Hospital Care Next Up for Medicare’s Quality-Based Payments
Bloomberg
Hospitals using post-acute care as their ‘piggy-bank’
McKnight’s Long Term Care News
Health care has been adding jobs for over 5 years
Axios
The 10 fastest-growing jobs of the next decade—and what they pay
CNBC
Aging in the Right Place Considering whether home health is the right option for you
Herald Tribune
Home Health Media Clips
Thursday, September 5, 2019
New regs will undermine home health care in Alabama
AL.com/Birmingham News
*PDGM Bill OpEd
PDGM by the Numbers
Home Care Magazine (Click link to see tables w/in article)
13% of Home Care Workers Live Below the Federal Poverty Line
Home Health Care News
America’s Fastest Growing Jobs Pay About $24,000 Annually
Bloomberg
New York bill would ban 24-hour workdays for home health aides
Times Union
Surprise Billing: A Blight That Needs to Be Fixed by Doctors, Not the Government
Morning Consult
‘I Put My Own Life on Hold’: Adult Children on the Pain, and Joy, of Caring for Elderly Parents
New York Times
Home Health Media Clips
Wednesday, September 4, 2018
CMS Pushes Back ACO Notification Requirement, ACOs Want It Struck
Inside Health Policy
CMS’ Quality Improvement Organization Program to Sharpen Focus on Chronic Disease Management
Healthcare Innovation
Home Testing Is the Future and One Day It Might Even Replace Your Doctor
Technology Networks
Primary Care Plans Put Walmart Back in the Health Care Spotlight
Home Health Care News
Home Care Overtime Lawsuit Could Have National Implications
Home Health Care News
Home Health Media Clips
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Tennessee lawmakers can protect senior access to home health care | Opinion
The Tennessean
*PDGM Bill Op-Ed
Protect home health for America’s seniors
Ocala Star Banner (FL)
*PDGM Bill LTE
Protect Home Health for America's Seniors
Richmond Register (KY)
*PDGM Bill LTE
On the Job, 24 Hours a Day, 27 Days a Month
New York Times
Home Care Overtime Lawsuit Could Have National Implications
Home Health Care News
OMB Reviewing Extension, Changes To Hip-And-Knee Bundles Demo
Inside Health Policy
Home Health Media Clips
Friday, August 30, 2019
HAPPY LABOR DAY!
3 Big Issues Facing Homecare & Hospice
Home Care Magazine
CMS Seeks to Cut More Reimbursement Payments to Home Care, Which Will Affect Independent Agencies Most
Home Care Daily
Senate Finance To Unveil Text Of Drug Pricing Bill Next Week
Inside Health Policy
Congress Likely to Take on Surprise Billing, Drug Pricing
MedPage Today
Trump Administration Close to Expanding Overtime Pay
Wall Street Journal
Uber Health Eyes Meal Delivery, Caregiver-Driving Partnerships
Home Health Care News
Home Health Media Clips
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Aging-in-Place Program from Johns Hopkins on the Verge of ‘Exponential Growth’
Home Health Care News
Home Health Companions Among Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Home Health Care News
Rising Democratic Support for Candidates Who Favor ‘Medicare for All’ Over ACA
Morning Consult
'Medicare Advantage for All'
The Hill
Industry Voices—What to expect on pending healthcare legislation when Congress returns from recess
Fierce Healthcare
Home Health Media Clips
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Regulatory Changes Threaten to Compound Caregiver Crisis
Home Health Care News
American Well CMO: We Haven’t Yet Reached Telehealth’s Tipping Point
Home Health Care News
California Expands Medicaid Coverage for Telehealth, mHealth Services
mHealthIntelligence
Colliers: Fast-Growing IRF Sector Represents ‘Attractive Investment Option’ in Post-Acute
Skilled Nursing News
Home Health Media Clips
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Johns Hopkins Home Care Group Using Education to Combat the Workforce Shortage
Home Health Care News
Bayada, VNA Health Group Joining Forces to Expand Health System Partnerships
Home Health Care News
States Drop the Ball on Long-Term Care Background Checks
Bloomberg
Editorial: Rational immigration for US worker shortages
The Columbus Dispatch
Most long-term acute care hospital patients die within five years
Physicians Weekly
Home Health Media Clips
Monday, August 26, 2019
Home health care
Omaha World Herald
PDGM Bill LTE from VNA
Lack of Scalable Home Care Assets Means Buyers May Have to Get Creative
Home Health Care News
Why Home Health Agencies Should Pump the Brakes on Their PDGM Preparation
Home Health Care News
Home Care Driving Medicare Advantage Plan Growth
Home Health Care News
Senate battleground Dems shun 'Medicare for All'
Politico
W&M Dems To Meet Sept. 10, 11 To Discuss Drug Pricing, Surprise Billing
Inside Health Policy
Home Health Media Clips
Friday, August 23, 2019
PROTECT HOME HEALTH CARE FOR SENIORS
The Olympian (WA)
PDGM Bill LTE
Ensuring access to vital home care
Santa Ynez Valley News (CA)
NAHC LTE
House E&C Staff Not Negotiating With Senate Finance On Rx Pricing
Inside Health Policy
Home Health Media Clips
August 22, 2019
Home health aides care for the elderly. Who will care for them?
Vox
Home health care's workforce dilemma
Axios
Feds Pave The Way To Expand Home Dialysis — But Patients Hit Roadblocks
Kaiser Health News
Home Health Media Clips
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
A Majority of Kansans Relying on Home Care Dealing with Three or More Chronic Health Issues
Home Care Daily
*PDGM OpEd Featured
Money, Data and Backup Plans: Why In-Home Medicare Advantage Benefits Are Rolling Out Slowly
Home Health Media Clips
Telemedicine could keep older patients out of the hospital. So why hasn’t it taken off?
Politico
Democratic Sens Gather Support For Additional FFS Medicare Benefits
Inside Health Policy
GOP’s Collins Feels Hardest Trump-Era Blowback of Any Senator
Bloomberg
Democrats back off once-fervent embrace of Medicare-for-all
Washington Post
Stroke Deaths Increasingly Come at Home, Hospice
MedPage Today
Home Health Media Clips
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Letters to the Editor: Non-physicians should be able to ensure access to vital home care
Santa Maria Times
Surprise Billing Battle Still Hot Over Summer Break
Inside Health Policy
Verma: Prior Authorization Needed, But Can’t Impede Practice Of Medicine
Inside Health Policy
Gillette Takes Sharp Step Toward Helping Seniors Age in Place
Home Health Care News
Confessions of a Home Care Executive: The Worker Shortage is a Myth and Excuse
Home Health Care News
Medicare decides a cost-saving strategy costs too much
Modern Healthcare (Reprint of Crain’s Chicago Business)
Home Health Media Clips
Monday, August 19, 2018
PROTECT MEDICARE HOME HEALTH
Biloxi Sun Herald
PDGM Bill LTE
Medicare decides a cost-saving strategy costs too much
Crain’s Chicago Business
PQHH Quoted
Better Medicare Alliance CEO: Integrating Home Care into Medicare Advantage Easier Said Than Done
Home Health Care News
Grassley Looking at Rural Health Package Aimed at Hospitals
Bloomberg
Home Health Media Clips
Friday, August 15, 2019
Bernie Sanders: Home-Based Care Should be Guaranteed Right
Home Health Care News
Patient handoffs to post-acute care providers still largely a manual process, hindering effective care coordination
Fierce Healthcare
Trump health chief: Officials actively 'working on' ObamaCare replacement plan
The Hill
We Need to Do a Better Job Addressing the Factors that Cause Poor Health
Morning Consult
Home Health Media Clips
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Cargill: Help seniors remain healthy and independent with home health payment innovation
Lansing State Journal
*PDGM Bill OpEd by Barry Cargill, Michigan HomeCare & Hospice Association
Medicare Expansion Would Have Limited Impact on Home Health Providers
Home Health Care News
Senior Helpers Telemedicine Pilot Helps Cut Costs, Reduce ER Trips
Home Health Care News
Requiring Hospitals to Tell Docs About Admissions Gets Pushback
MedPage Today
Home Health Media Clips
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
5 Things Home Health Providers Want CMS to Fix
Home Health Care News
*PQHH Letter to CMS
Without Data, Home Health Agencies ‘Flying Blind’ into PDGM
Home Health Care News
Gillibrand’s Rural Health Plan Promotes LTSS, Community Programs
Inside Health Policy
Buttigieg’s Rural Plan Mimics Others On Medicare Pay, Social Determinants
Inside Health Policy
Lyft, UnitedHealthcare See Transportation as a Game Changer for Seniors’ Health
Home Health Care News
Live-In Senior Care: Is It a Good Idea?
US News & World Report
Home Health Media Clips
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Telehealth use jumps at inpatient facilities while outpatient adoption remains flat: survey
Fierce Healthcare
Warren’s Rural Health Plan Targets Hospital Mergers
Inside Health Policy
Is Home Care Segment Revenue Driving P&G's Total Revenue Growth?
Forbes
Home healthcare business on life support
KFDM-TV
Home Health Media Clips
Monday, August 12, 2019
Home health care for seniors at risk unless Congress acts
Wichita Eagle
OpEd by Jane Kelly of the Kansas Home Care & Hospice Association
When it Comes to Telehealth Reimbursement, ‘Just Start Billing’
Home Health Care News
Remote Monitoring Company Cracks Code to Providing At-Home Heart Rehab
Home Health Care News
Billing, Coding and Intake: Top PDGM Priorities for the Rest of 2019
Home Health Care News
E&C Democrats Want Verma To Testify On Trump Health Care Policies
Inside Health Policy
Home Health Media Clips
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Protect home health for seniors
Meridian Star (MS)
*PQHH LTE
New Rule Could Increase Value-Based Payment Options in Home Healthcare
Managed Healthcare Executive
Training Program for Immigrants Helping to Solve Home Care’s Workforce Problem
Home Health Care News
Why Home Health Care’s Experience Casts Doubt on a Hospice MA Carve-In
Home Health Care News
Leveraging Technology To Support—Not Supplant—The Home Care Workforce
Health Affairs
Bringing Care Home: Anthem Blue Cross Expands Access to Comprehensive At-Home Care
AJMC
Home Health Media Clips
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Report Shows That Preference For Home Care Continues
CT News Junkie
Home health care drives job growth
Crain’s New York Business
Counterpoint: Elimination of RAPs Isn’t a ‘Sky-Is-Falling Issue’
Home Health Care News
Collaboration, Leadership, and $500K to Start: What SNFs Need to Succeed in Home Health
Skilled Nursing News
As Policymakers Debate Medicare-for-All, Analysis Finds the Medicare Advantage, Individual and Group Health Insurance Markets Appear to Be Profitable, Especially Medicare Advantage
Kaiser Family Foundation
Disability Rights Advocates Sue NY Health Department for Cut Services
Spectrum Local News
Agency: Low wages, lack of transportation led to shortage in home care aides
News 12 Long Island
Home Health Media Clips
Monday, August 5, 2019
Sen. Burr can help stop surprise medical billing
Raleigh News & Observer
Senate Rural Health Agenda Would Up Telehealth, Providers, Clinic Access
Inside Health Policy
3 Red Flags for Home Care Providers Entering Medicare Advantage
Home Health Care News
Post-Acute Care Providers May Lack Needed Bargaining Power in MA Conversations
Home Health Care News
A home health care nursing shortage is looming in Jersey
NJ 101.5
CMS delays funding renewal for quality improvement organizations
Modern Healthcare
Home Health Media Clips
Friday, August 2, 2019
Amedisys, Other Large Home Health Providers Ready to Capitalize on PDGM Chaos
Home Healthcare News
Creative Pay, Staffing Strategies Vital To Boosting Home-Based Care Retention
Home Healthcare News
Democrats’ ‘missed opportunity’ to talk about drug prices
The Washington Post
Verma Again Bashes Medicare For All, Public Options As Dems Debate Policies
Inside Health Policy
Home Health Media Clips
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Confessions of an M&A Advisor: Home Health Providers Are ‘Woefully Underprepared’ for PDGM
Home Healthcare News
Americans to Spend $200 Billion on Home Health by 2027
Home Care
Home-Focused Humana Sees Highest Medicare Advantage Growth in 10 Years
Home Healthcare News
Once considered a far-left idea, ‘public option’ insurance swerves into the mainstream
The Washington Post
Home Health Media Clips
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
PDGM Check-In: ‘There’s a Slight Sense of the Wild West’
Home Health Care News
Home Health, Hospice Valuations Remain Highest in All of Health Care
Home Health Care News
Medicare Website To Help Seniors Choose Right Option Too Cumbersome, Incomplete Charges GAO
Forbes
Patient Recruiter Found Guilty in $1.3 Million Medicare Kickback Scheme
Department of Justice
Home Health Media Clips
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Telehealth Partnership Helps Valley Home Care Achieve 2% Re-Hospitalization Rates
Home Health Care News
Help Wanted: Home Health Aide Shortage Makes It Hard For Seniors To Find Caregivers
CBS New York
Home Health and SNFs Should Lean On, Learn From Each Other
Home Health Care News
CMS Revises and Updates Requirements for the Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
JD Supra
Not your granny’s retirement home: Chicago developers up their game as more seniors demand posh amenities
Chicago Tribune
Home Health Media Clips
Monday, July 29, 2019
HHS' OIG: CMS must review how MSSP overhaul is affecting ACO care
Fierce Healthcare
6 Steps Home Care Providers Must Take to Succeed in Medicare Advantage
Home Health Care News
Demand for home care workers on LI is outstripping supply
Newsday
Doctor Alexa Will See You Now: Is Amazon Primed To Come To Your Rescue?
Kaiser Health News
60% of Referral Sources Favor Home Health Providers Who Accept Electronic Referrals
Home Health Care News
Home Health Media Clips
Friday, July 26, 2019
Researchers use telehealth to head off hospitalizations and ER visits
Medical Xpress
Cassidy, Alexander Near Agreement On Surprise Billing Arbitration Policy
Inside Health Policy
Drug-Pricing Bill Faces Rough Senate Path Amid GOP Concerns
Bloomberg
Study: Home-delivered meals could save money for Medicare
AP News
Home Health Media Clips
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Senate Surprise Billing Legislation On Hold Until September
Inside Health Policy
HHS Secretary: ‘We Want to Go Further’ with Medicare Advantage In-Home Benefits
Home Health Care News
Cost of Full-Time Home Care Nearly Equal to Median National Household Income
Home Health Care News
Home health care aides often face verbal abuse from clients
Reuters
Home Care Provides Opportunity to Rise from Part-Time Caregiver to Owner
Home Care Daily
With a flood of amendments, some senators seek to water down drug-pricing bill
STAT News
Home Health Media Clips
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Why 2020 Will Launch the Medicare Advantage Boom in Home Care
Home Health Care News
Surprise Billing, Drug Prices Help Drive Health Lobbying Boost
Bloomberg
Trump Will ‘Fix What’s Broken’ With Health Care, Azar Says
Bloomberg
CBO: Budget Deal Extends Medicare Sequestration To 2029
Inside Health Policy
Successful Medicare ACOs engage physicians, patients, federal report finds
Modern Healthcare
Home Health Media Clips
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
CMS Proposal Takes Home Health Agency Closure Estimates and ‘Lights Them on Fire’
Home Health Care News
At-Home Health Tests Get the Direct-to-Consumer Treatment
Bloomberg
Strategic Home Health Visits Key to Cutting Sepsis Readmissions
Home Health Care News
CMS’s Verma: Medicare Advantage Works, Medicare for All Doesn’t
Home Health Care News
Home Health Media Clips
Monday, July 22, 2019
Congress, White House on Brink of Two-Year Debt Limit Deal
Bloomberg
MedPAC: Home Health Continues to Shift Away from Post-Hospital Care
Home Health Care News
Why CMS’s Home Health Therapy Proposal May Not Be Enough
Home Health Care News
Confessions of a Post-Acute Operator: Hospitals Should See SNFs as Competitors
Skilled Nursing News
CBO: Senate surprise billing legislation would save feds $7B over next decade
Fierce Healthcare
Connecticut Budget Deal Could Impact Home Care Agencies
Home Care Daily
Home Health Media Clips
Friday, July 19, 2019
Game On: PDGM Encourages Home Health Agencies to ‘Game the System’
Home Health Care News
Payers See Home Health Providers as ‘Commodities,’ Industry Leaders Say
Home Health Care News
The aging population in the US is causing problems for our healthcare costs
Business Insider
Home Health Media Clips
Thursday, July 18, 2019
CMS Finding New Ways to Penalize Home Health Providers
Home Health Care News
CMS Touts Number Of ACOs Taking On Risk Under New Program Rules
Inside Health Policy
House Adds Arbitration Backstop To Surprise Billing Legislation
Inside Health Policy
Fewer ACOs joining Medicare Shared Savings Program
Modern Healthcare
Medicare's bundled payment model did not change skilled nursing facilities' discharge patterns
Healthcare Finance News
Home Health Media Clips
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Voices: Protect home health for America's seniors
The Advertiser (LA)
*PDGM LTE
Beating the Buzzer: Why Timing Is Everything Under PDGM
Home Health Care News
New W&M Task Force Seeks Bipartisan Rural Health Reforms
Inside Health Policy
Nurse practitioners are the solution to health care provider shortages
The Hill
At Least 2.5 Million Home Health Patients Using Medical Equipment Vulnerable to Natural Disasters
Home Health Care News
Increasing Attention Paid to Technologies That May Improve Home Care Options for Seniors
Home Care Daily
Bundled Payments May Not Actually Change Hospitals’ Skilled Nursing Choices
Skilled Nursing News
Home Health Media Clips
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Opinion: Texas lawmakers should protect home health for older Americans
Austin American Statesman
*PDGM Bill OpEd by Rachel Hammon
NAHC’s Dombi: CMS Needs to ‘Back Off’ RAP Proposal, PDGM Assumptions
Home Health Care News
Klobuchar’s Health Plan For Seniors Would Expand Medicare Services
Inside Health Policy
Mandatory models among 6 newly proposed Medicare demos
HFMA
Presidential Candidate Booker Proposes Increasing Long-Term Care Funding, Caregiver Pay
Home Health Care News
Home Health Media Clips
Monday, July 15, 2019
Support this legislation
Times-Journal (AL)
*PDGM Bill LTE
CMS’s Proposal to Eliminate RAPs, Increase PDGM’s Behavioral Adjustment ‘Death by 1,000 Cuts’
Home Health Care News
CMS releases proposed home health payment rule for 2020: 7 takeaways
Beckers Hospital Review
CMS proposes 1.3% pay increase for home health but is ending prepayment of services
Healthcare Finance News
House Lawmakers Reintroduce Independence at Home Demonstration Act
Home Health Care News
Payment plan phase-outs worry providers despite $250M more for home care
McKnight’s Long Term Care News
Home Health Media Clips
Friday, July 19, 2019
CMS Proposes Elimination of RAPs, $250 Million Medicare Payment Increase
Home Health Care News
*PQHH & NAHC quoted
CMS Proposes 8% Cut To Offset Behavior In New Home Health Pay System
Inside Health Policy
Proposed Home Health Rule Would End Pre-Payment Requests
Inside Health Policy
CMS Eliminates RAPs, Expands Home Infusion, Updates PDGM Payment
Home Care Magazine
Medicare Floats $250 Million Pay Hike for Home Health Agencies
Bloomberg
Home-Based Care Ally Adam Boehler to Leave CMMI
Home Health Care News
CMS seeks to reduce state reporting on Medicaid access, pay cuts
Modern Healthcare
Illinois Home Care Workers Finally Receive Back Pay, More Than Two Years Late
Home Care Daily
Home Health Media Clips
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Adam Boehler, Who Championed Value-Based Care, to Leave HHS
Bloomberg
CMS Innovation Center head Adam Boehler to leave agency
Modern Healthcare
Burgess, Marchant reintroduce Independence at Home Demonstration Act
The Leader (TX)
Home Care Providers Lifted by First-of-Its-Kind Medicaid Reimbursement Bump
Home Health Care News
Immigrant students learn to be home health aides
Stamford Advocate
Home Health Media Clips
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Sens., Reps. Ask CMS To Reconsider Home Health Pay Cut In 2020 Rule
Inside Health Policy
Lawmakers to Verma: Time to Ditch PDGM’s Behavioral Assumptions
Home Health Care News
New Independent Home Care Alliance to Work on Industry’s ‘Dirty Little Secret’
Home Health Care News
Kidney Care Order to Upend Medicare, Dialysis, Organ Transplant
Bloomberg
How to deliver effective and profitable chronic care management
Medical Economics
Shortage of Home Care Nurses on Horizon
NJ Spotlight
Home Health Media Clips
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Non-Medical Home Care Could Save At Least $4B in Medicare Costs
Home Health Care News
Joint replacement bundles saved almost $1,000 per year
Healthcare Finance News
Democrats Place Onus On GOP Ahead Of Texas v. U.S. Hearing
Inside Health Policy
Beyond PDGM: Medicare Advantage, Unified PAC Payment Models Are the Future of Home Health Care
Home Health Care News
Home Health Media Clips
Monday, July 8, 2019
House Lawmakers Looking to Relax Anti-Kickback Rules in Value-Based Care Arrangements
Home Health Care News
Episodes of care and bundled payments
Becker's Spine
New Policy Position Added at HHS to Coordinate Agency Efforts
Bloomberg
Community Care, Social Support Can Cut Medicare Costs for Seniors
Xtelligent Healthcare Media
Doctors Praise Bill To Remove Chronic Care Management Copays
Inside Health Policy
Some Colorado Chronic Health Patients Benefitting from New Telehealth Service at Home
Home Care Daily
How to Launch a Value-Based Care Model
Home Care Magazine
Home Health Media Clips
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
HAPPY 4th OF JULY!
Joint replacement bundles saved $997 per patient
Becker’s Hospital Review
Readmissions penalty doing little to slow the spinning of hospitals' revolving doors
Healthcare Finance News
New Rule to Test Union Membership, Finances
Wall Street Journal
Medicare Change on Home Drug Treatments Cuts Provider Pay 77%
Bloomberg
Researchers Question Home- and Community-Based Services as Nursing Home Costs Rise
Home Health Care News
How to Prepare Now for PDGM
Home Care Magazine
Home Health Media Clips
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
OMB Reviewing Final Provider Burden Reduction Rule
Inside Health Policy
Sanders Health-Care Pitch Oversells Benefits of $10,000 Tax Hike
Bloomberg
An effort to stop the revolving door for hospital patients may be spinning its wheels
Medical Xpress
Hip, knee surgery readmission rate improvement slows under CMS program
Modern Healthcare
4 Ways to Provide Mental Health Support for Pulmonary Patients
Home Care Magazine
Home Health Media Clips
Monday, July 1, 2019
BETTER Act Calls for In-Home Telehealth Expansion, Unified PAC Payment ‘Prototype’
Home Health Care News
22 States, Localities Raise Minimum Wage As Caregiver Crisis Continues
Home Health Care News
Harnessing the Power of Grassroots Advocacy
Home Care Magazine
Donna Pierantoni: Home care crisis’ impact on disabled adults, seniors
Trib Live
Democrat vs. Democrat: How Health Care Is Dividing the Party
New York Times