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Oct 25, 2024 · Home Health Care News (HHCN) is the leading source for news and information covering the home health industry. HHCN is part of the Aging Media Network.
[Updated] CMS Finalizes 0.5% Home Health Payment Increase For …
4 days ago · In June, CMS proposed a 1.7% decrease in payments for 2025, or an about $280 million aggregate reduction compared to 2024 levels.Within that proposal was also a permanent prospective adjustment to the CY 2025 home health payment rate of -4.067%. As detailed above, CMS is finalizing a permanent prospective adjustment of -1.975% to the CY 2025 home health …
The Top 10 Home Health Care News Stories of 2021
Dec 21, 2021 · The public health emergency continued to have an impact on home-based care providers in 2021. It didn’t define the year, however. As the top Home Health Care News stories of 2021 suggest, this year was about so much more than the COVID-19 crisis.
Top Home Health Trends For 2023 - Home Health Care News
Jan 6, 2023 · In 2020, there were 9,378 agencies, compared to 9,893 in 2019 and 10,852 in 2014, according to the Research Institute for Home Care’s 2022 Home Care Chartbook.
‘Congress Must Intervene’: Home Health Leaders React To Third ...
1 day ago · Last week, the wait for the CY 2025 home health final payment rule finally came to end. On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled a rule that included a 0.5% increase to 2025 home health payments, updates to the Conditions of Participation, as well as changes to Low-Utilization Payment Adjustments (LUPAs) and OASIS.
The Top 10 Home Health Care News Stories Of 2023
Dec 20, 2023 · In the first year that truly felt “post-COVID,” home-based care providers did not see a shortage of challenges. Instead, in 2023, home health providers saw another year defined by payment struggles, with both the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.
Study Finds Change Of Ownership May Impact Quality Of Home …
1 day ago · Medicare-certified home health agencies are increasingly facing ownership changes, raising concerns about health care spending, workforce and quality of care. The study by researchers at the University of Texas Health in Houston examined whether a change in ownership was associated with different ...
Top Home Health Trends for 2021 - Home Health Care News
Jan 18, 2021 · “Nobody knows what the future holds” has been one of the biggest lessons learned during the COVID-19 emergency. But even as the home health industry plays its part in responding to new infection spikes across parts of the country, it has never been more important to stay ahead of the curve.
HHCN+ Report: The Past, Present and Future of the Home Health …
Jan 4, 2022 · Source: LexisNexis Risk Solutions | *Note: LexisNexis Risk Solutions creates its annual ranking based on fee-for-service Medicare volumes Companies like Odyssey, for instance, were their own entities. But then Gentiva – another home health company – bought Odyssey. Eventually, Kindred acquired Gentiva and became one of the few large home health …
From Higher-Acuity Care in the Home to Pandemic-Related Surprises: 7 ...
Dec 22, 2021 · These stories are our hidden gems of the past year: 1. An Unexpected Savior: How PDGM Prep Helped Home Health Agencies Ease COVID-19’s Impact (Feb. 3) . Where COVID-19 dominated the headlines of 2020 and 2021, before then, the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) was just about all anyone in home health care was talking about.