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8 hours ago · The American Association for Homecare, which represents the home medical equipment (HME) industry, is hoping to build on its 2024 wins with Medicare payment rate relief in 2025.. In its recent 2024 Impact Report, the organization expressed a desire to complete unfinished business with Medicare rate adjustments for durable medical equipment (DME) through legislation HR 5555 and S 1294.The ...

5 days ago · The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last year finalized its 2025 payment rule for home health providers, marking a critical moment for an industry grappling with escalating costs and workforce challenges. While the finalized rule delivers a modest 0.5% payment increase, a noticeable shift from earlier proposed cuts, it falls short of fully addressing inflationary pressures and ...

3 days ago · National Domestic Workers Alliance, other groups in Pennsylvania introduce POWER Act, a bill designed to protect workers from retaliation and strengthen enforcement of labor laws ... Bristol Hospice partners with St. Agatha Comfort Care in Las Vegas ... University of California, Riverside, publishes report on state of home care in Inland Empire ... Brian Bell named CEO of Arkansas Hospice ...

5 days ago · Elon Musk reportedly gains access to CMS payment systems in alleged bid to identify areas of possible fraud, abuse ... AMGA calls for permanent extensions of telehealth, hospital-at-home waivers ... Florida governor's budget includes more than $93.7 million in funding to allow people with disabilities to receive services through Home and Community Based Services Waiver ... Wellstar MCG Health ...

6 days ago · Prestige Home Care Agency remains bound by a Department of Labor decision ordering the provider to pay more than $7 million in back wages damages for more than a thousand workers denied travel time pay, an appellate court ruled last week. In 2023, the DOL found that Prestige had withheld travel time ...

Feb 4, 2025 · KFF analyzes federal health data taken offline … Nearly 100 stakeholders urge Congress to extend hospital-at-home waiver … Home care advocates in New York rally against CDPAP transition to single fiscal intermediary … Lack of …

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Dec 18, 2024 · The fate of the temporarily expanded hospital-at-home waiver remains unclear as providers ask how they will offer in-home acute care without a permanent payment system in place and other key program questions.

Editorial staff Liza Berger. Liza Berger is editor of McKnight’s Home Care.She has worked in journalism, focusing on healthcare, for several years, starting out as associate editor of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News.She also has worked as a senior managing editor at GLC, a custom publishing firm, and as a general assignment reporter for the Kenosha News.