Understanding Differences in Medicare Policy and Conditions of Participation
Admin by Johnathan Eaves, Senior Director of Communications, Axxess Treating Medicare patients comes with a level of nuance that is important to understand to ensure that organizations remain compliant and patients receive appropriate care. Standards for quality care and...Adding Insult to Injury: Change Healthcare Attacked Again
Admin by Kristin Rowan, Editor For a few weeks now, we have been covering the Change Healthcare cyberattack by ALPHV/BlackCat and the subsequent updates from CMS. Pharmacy and medical orders have been delayed, providers and patients are suffering, and CMS has issued...1 Thing You Must Do At Work During National Stress Awareness Month
Admin by Bryan Robinson, PH.D. Contributor author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance April is National Stress Awareness Month with the goal of raising awareness of the impacts of stress. According to the American Psychiatric Association, 26% of...Little Clinical, Cost Benefit to Diabetes Tech
Admin CONTACT: Shannon Bishop-Green, SBishopGreen@MessagePartnersPR.com, (860) 305-3197 NEW REPORT FINDS THAT DIGITAL DIABETES MANAGEMENT TOOLS FAIL TO DELIVER MEANINGFUL HEALTH BENEFITS TO PATIENTS WHILE INCREASING SPENDING Independent evaluation from Peterson Health...Meet the Remarkable Women of the International Home Care Nurses Organization
Admin By Kristin Rowan, Editor Last week, I had the honor of speaking with three of the dynamic leaders of the International Home Care Nurses Organization (IHCNO). Between them, they have more than 150 years of nursing and administrative experience. Beyond that, they are...CMS Announces Multi-Pronged Effort to Strengthen Direct Care Workforce
Admin by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq., CMS recently issued guidance about how to build and maintain worker registries, i.e., management platforms, that make qualified health workers easy to find so that more individuals who receive Medicaid-covered home and community-based...Cyberattack Interrupts Pharmacy Operations
Admin By Kristin Rowan, Editor **March 6, 2024 Update** As the previously reported cyberattack on Change Healthcare continues, the US Department of Health and Human Services issued a statement on March 5, 2024 outlining immediate steps CMS is taking to assist providers. CMS...Hospice Expert Talks About Her Own Grief Journey
Admin by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus [Editor’s note: this article is based on a recorded video interview with Barbara Karnes. To see the full conversation in her own words, click here.] For longer than most of us have been in home care, in fact, for longer than some...Justice Department Launches Antitrust Probe Against UnitedHealth Group
Admin By Kristin Rowan, Editor History The Biden administration has recently increased its efforts at antitrust enforcement against some of the largest companies in the U.S. These include Apple, Amazon.com, Live Nation Entertainment, and Alphabet’s Google unit. The...Enforcers Target Discharge Planners/Case Managers Yet Again
Admin By Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. Case managers/discharge planners continue to come under fire from fraud enforcers for violations of the federal anti-kickback statute. This statute generally prohibits anyone from either offering to give or actually giving anything to...Strategies to Increase Workforce
Admin By Kristin Rowan, Editor The workforce shortage across the country both in and out of home care is creating increasing demand on workers and added stress on organizations. Added to this is the increasing number of older adults living past retirement age. As more and...Pay Attention to Fraud Reports
Admin by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. Two former Amedisys employees claim that they were fired in retaliation for alerting management to possible violations of the federal False Claims Act. They then filed a whistleblower, or qui tam, lawsuit [Pilat v. Amedisys, Inc., No....New Players in Home Care
Admin By Kristin Rowan, Editor Home care is no stranger to mergers and acquisitions. It seems there is news almost daily about companies joining forces or selling parts of their company to new entities. Notably, we reported just last week that Cigna has dropped its entire...Get Closer to Bonus Pay with the Net Promoter Score
Admin by Kristin Rowan, Editor Medicare Advantage has multiple measures of success for payment bumps and bonuses. Rehospitalization rates has long been the most important measure of how well a care at home agency is performing, but there are additional measures that can...
