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Seniors Suffer Amid Widespread Fraud By Medicaid Caretakers
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You’re Not Just “Growing Old” If This Happens To You
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How To Make A Home Much More Friendly To Seniors Using Wheelchairs Or Walkers Researchers at the Harvard center found that fewer than 10 percent of seniors live in homes or apartments outfitted with...
View Article2017 And TrumpCare: What to Expect in Homecare
Overall, 2016 was a good year for the homecare marketplace with a healthy number of transactions. Though uncertainty still remains, positive change has the possibility of coming about. I expect 2017 to...
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Texas Ready to Take on New Telemedicine Rules In what could be the end of a years-long battle, a bill presented this week would enable Texas physicians to use telemedicine more freely, including in...
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You’re Not Just “Growing Old” If This Happens To You
View ArticleCourt decision on health care reform could impact HME industry
The Supreme Court’s expected decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 could have a big impact on the home medical equipment industry, the American Association for Homecare...
View ArticleCongress Focused on Home Health Care
While Congress permanently fixed the perennial Medicare physician payment reform issue earlier this year, Congress has been consumed with a new and wide array of health and Medicare issues, including...
View ArticleCMS Works to Improve Care for Nursing Facility Residents
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 31, 2016)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last week it will test whether a new payment model for nursing facilities and practitioners will...
View ArticleCMS Updates Qualified Entity Program to Expand Access to Data Reporting
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 6, 2016)—CMS finalized new rules that will enrich the Qualified Entity Program by expanding access to analyses and data that will help providers, employers and others make more...
View ArticleCMS Rule Improves Prescription Drug Rebates and Reimbursements
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 26, 2016)—In order to effectively implement provisions of the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule detailing reforms to...
View ArticleCMS Proposes Updates to PACE Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 12, 2016)—Since becoming acting administrator, I have spoken frequently about to the importance of moving to the next chapter in implementing the Affordable Care Act. This new...
View ArticleCMS Proposes 2017 Updates to Health and Drug Plans
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 24, 2016)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed changes for the Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Drug Programs in 2017 that will,...
View ArticleCMS Finalizes Improvements for the 2017 Health Insurance Marketplace
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 3, 2016)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for the 2017 coverage year, along with related...
View ArticleCMS criticized for offsetting Medicare Advantage plan cuts
A report last week on Medicare Advantage plans criticized the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) for improperly offsetting some cuts to the plans. At issue is a provision in health care...
View ArticleAfter Congressional Prodding, CMS Announces Independence at Home Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Dec. 20 announced the creation of the Independence at Home program, a three-year initiative that will allow up to 10,000 Medicare patients to...
View ArticleA Booming Market Creates Opportunity
The aging care landscape in the U.S. is changing. Rising costs and individual preferences are motivating a growing baby-boomer demographic to embrace home care options in lieu of more traditional care...
View Article5 Reasons to Invest in the DME Market Now
We all know the story of how one acorn dropping from a tree onto the head of Chicken Little created the paralyzing belief that the sky is falling. While the world of durable medical equipment (DME) has...
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