CMS Releases HCBS Continuity Of Coverage Requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released additional information around continuity of coverage for home- and community-based services (HCBS) beneficiaries. The agency issued...
View ArticleAmid Ongoing Controversy In New York, Public Partnerships Is Awarded CDPAP...
Public Partnerships LLC (PPL) — an Alpharetta, Georgia-based financial management services company — has been awarded the fiscal intermediary contract in New York. PPL will take over as the sole...
View ArticleYears After Implementation, EVV Remains Inconsistent Pain Point For Home Care...
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) was established as law in 2016 under the 21st Century Cures Act to address fraud and abuse in home-based care...
View Article8 Charged In $68M Home Care, Adult Day Fraud Scheme
An indictment was unsealed on Wednesday in Brooklyn, New York, charging eight defendants with allegedly scheming to defraud Medicaid of approximately $68 million. This was done through the operation...
View ArticleWhile Home Care Is Touted As A Panacea, Rates And Regulations Hold Providers...
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership The U.S. health care system is banking on home- and community-based services (HCBS) to help keep seniors and individuals with disabilities at home and...
View ArticleWhere Home-Based Care Providers Are Growing, And Why
As home-based care demand continues to increase, several leaders are thinking about the unique growth trajectories at their companies. At Impact Healthcare, growth has been achieved by not...
View ArticleHow Home-Based Care Providers Hurdle Tricky Payment Issues
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Whether it’s Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage (MA) or private pay, home care and home health leaders are both navigating tricky payer environments...
View ArticleWhat Home Care Leaders Think Of Kamala Harris’ Medicare Home Care Proposal
With the “sandwich generation” top of mind, Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris unveiled plans for a new Medicare home-based care proposal earlier this month. The proposal would...
View ArticleHCBS Waiting Lists Remain ‘An Incomplete Picture Of Need’
The number of states with waiting lists for people in need of home- and community-based services (HCBS) hasn’t seen much variation between 2016 and 2024, according to a new data analysis from the KFF....
View ArticlePrivate, Public Sectors Both Needed To Solve Home Care Access Crisis
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Vice President Kamala Harris proposed a Medicare home care benefit earlier this month. Some found the proposal innovative and exciting, others found it...
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