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Urge Congress to Support the Preserving Access to Home Health …
WEBIn August, bipartisan lawmakers introduced The Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022 (S.4605/H.R.8581). would delay the 7.69% payment cut proposed for 2023, which would total $1.33 billion in 2023 alone. The bill would also block additional cuts of more than $2 billion as soon as 2024 due to an unjustified “clawback” of payments for
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Introducing Home Health 101 – Think Home Care Blog
WEBIdentify Medicare’s definitions of “confined to home”; and. Review patient notices. The program is broken into five sections: Part 1: Orientation to Home Health. Part 2: Conditions of Participation (CoPs) Part 3: Patient Notices. Part 4: Conditions of Participation, Contin. Part 5: Skilled Professional Services and HHA Services.
NGS Resumes Home Health Medical Record Review
WEBNGS will resume medical record review after suspension from Public Health Emergency. National Government Services (NGS) recently contacted Alliance staff to review details for the resumption of medical record reviews. This follows the suspension of the Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) audit because of the Public Health Emergency.
CMS Posts Clarification of the Definition “Confined to Home”
WEBOn October 18th, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released Change Request 8444- Home Health Clarification of Benefit Policy Manual Language on Confined to Home. This Change Request requires Medicare contractors to be aware of the clarification of the definition “confined to the home" as stated in the revised section …
NEW! Validated and Multi-factorial Falls Risk Assessment Tool
WEBThe Missouri Alliance for Home Care (MAHC) has developed a multi-factorial Fall Risk Assessment Tool (MAHC-10) that has been studied and recently validated. The MAHC-10 has been scientifically tested and the validation study published.. Agencies may now use just the MAHC-10 alone to meet the OASIS requirement. .. In a Press Release …
Mobile Integrated Health and Community EMS: An Update
WEBAt the most recent HCA of MA Board of Directors meeting, Scott Cluett, Director of the DPH Office of Emergency Medical Services provided an update on the role out of Mobile Integrated Health and Community EMS in MA. Both programs were created by a 2015 act of the MA legislature, following a trend in many…
Talking Home Care Podcast – Think Home Care Blog
WEBThe COVID-19 Pandemic has created huge challenges to healthcare systems across the globe, including here in Massachusetts. As part of National Home Care and Hospice Month, we collected first-hand stories from our members about the front-line challenges they faced, and how they overcame them.. For the 14 th episode of Talking Home Care, we’ve …
Just Published: 2022 Resource Directories – Think Home Care Blog
WEBConsidered to be "the bible for home care" in Massachusetts, copies of the the 2022 Resource Directory have been shipped to every case manager, hospital, COA, state legislator, and GCM in Massachusetts. Additional copies are available for purchase.
Home Care Providers Looking for Permanent Rate Boost
WEBVia CommonWealth, September 30, 2022. The Home Care Alliance was quoted in an article published by the CommonWealth that highlighted HCA’s and the Enough Pay to Stay (EPTS) Coalitions pursuit to make the EPTS rate add-ons permanent for home health aides. Below is an excerpt from the article. Jake Krilovich, the executive …
The Rundown – December – Think Home Care Blog
WEBThe Rundown – December. No Time to Waste! Urge Your Member of Congress to Delay CMS’s 2023 Home Health Rate Cuts. While I usually use the first section to cover federal news, this cannot wait. On October 31, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that will reduce Medicare …
About the Alliance – Think Home Care Blog
WEBAbout the Alliance. This is the official blog of the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts, a trade association of home care providers in Massachusetts. For more information about the Alliance, visit our website at www.thinkhomecare.org. The Alliance has promoted home care as an integral part of the health care delivery system for over forty years.
Pat Kelleher – Think Home Care Blog
WEBA study commissioned by NAHC and the Partnership for Quality Home Health care estimates that the Choose Home Care program could generate Medicare annual savings of $144-247 million with $1.6-2.8 billion in savings over 10 years. NAHC President Bill Dombi called this “must pass” legislation.
PDGM Fix Introduced, Advocacy Needed – Think Home Care Blog
WEBLast week, a bipartisan group of senators, led by Sen Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced what will be a most important legislative priority for HCA of MA this year. Senate bill (S.433) will curtail the so-called $1 billion "behavioral adjustment" cut under the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) to which all of home health is transitioning…
SPADEs – Think Home Care Blog
WEBCMS is proposing several changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HHQRP) in the CY 2020 Home Health Proposed Rule. The Rule proposes to eliminate one measure (OASIS Item M1242, Frequency of Pain Interfering with Patient’s Activity of Movement), add two new measures, and add several new Standardized Patient …
Krilovich Named Executive Director of Home Care Alliance
WEBBoston, MA – The Board of Directors of the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts has appointed Jacob Krilovich as Executive Director of the Alliance, effective January 3, 2022. Krilovich, a resident of Jamaica Plain, was previously Director of Legislative and Public Affairs for the Alliance. He succeeds Patricia Kelleher, who retired …
Moratorium on Home Health Agencies Extended by CMS, …
WEBMassHealth will be extending the six-month moratorium on new home health providers, which will become effective on August 12 for an additional six months, according to MassHealth. The Home Care Alliance has been supportive of the measure and has collaborated with the state Medicaid office on program integrity efforts, but attempts to …
New MassHealth Rules on New Prior Authorization Process
WEBAccording to MassHealth staff, the visit count for determining the need for prior authorization will start on March 1. Prior authorization is required for services in excess of the following thresholds: Intermittent skilled nursing visits after 30 visits in a 90-day period; Home health aide services after 240 units (60 hours) in a 90-day period;
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