by Kristin Rowan | Mar 13, 2024 | Clinical, CMS
By Kristin Rowan, Editor March 12, 2024, the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), Leading Age, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), published their...
by Kristin Rowan | Mar 6, 2024 | Admin, Clinical, Vendor Watch
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...
by Rowan Report | Mar 6, 2024 | Regulatory
From the NAHC News Desk, Late on Monday, March 4, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced it plans to formally end the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Medicare Advantage hospice “carve-in” demonstration on December 31, 2024, and that it...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Mar 6, 2024 | Admin, CMS, Regulatory
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...
by Kristin Rowan | Mar 6, 2024 | Admin, CMS, Regulatory, Vendor Watch
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...
by Tim Rowan | Mar 6, 2024 | Admin, Clinical
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...
by Kristin Rowan | Feb 28, 2024 | Admin, Regulatory
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...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Feb 28, 2024 | Clinical
by Elizabeth E Hogue, Esq., After a hospitalized patient suffered a severe choking incident and was placed on life support, his family faced a difficult decision in response to a telephone call from the hospital. They were asked if they wanted to remove life support....
by Rowan Report | Feb 28, 2024 | Clinical
by The National Minority Health Association, Embracing Change, Empowering Caregivers In the ever-evolving world of homecare, recruitment and retention pose significant challenges, particularly in California. However, FACT – Family, Adult and Child Therapies, a...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Feb 21, 2024 | 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...
