Home-Focused Network Management Company Dina Raises $7 Million
Dina — a digital network management company for home- and community-based services — recently closed a $7 million funding round. The round was led by venture capital investor First Analysis, with...
View ArticleFor Patients With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities, Access To HCBS...
Providers and stakeholders dedicated to improving access to home- and community-based services (HCBS) are at a crossroads, particularly when it comes to caring for intellectual and developmental...
View ArticlePresident Biden’s State Of The Union Address: ‘Imagine The Future Of Home Care’
In a State of the Union address that evoked Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Vladimir Putin within the first minute, President Joe Biden also made room for home-based care. After urging...
View ArticleThe Looming Home Care Disaster In New York State
There’s a potential storm brewing in New York state due to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive budget for 2025. The budget proposal includes over $1 billion in cuts to the states’ home care programs. The...
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Inside Home-Based Care Provider Strategies For Surviving Under The Looming...
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership After the release of the proposed “80-20 rule” last year for home- and community-based services (HCBS), providers had plenty of time to digest. Now,...
View ArticleReport: Medicaid Payment Variability Hinders Access To Home- and...
Medicaid payment rates for home- and community-based services (HCBS) vary drastically across states, causing workforce instability and access challenges for services. That’s according to a recent...
View ArticleOIG Targets Home Health Improper Payments, EVV, Consumer-Directed Programs in...
In past years, Medicare-certified home health agencies and Medicaid personal care services providers have been big focus areas for government watchdogs. While there’s still plenty of oversight, the...
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Recent Monetary Policy Updates Could Create Chokehold On Home Health, Home...
Home-based care dealmaking remains in a lull, one it hasn’t been able to shake since the historical M&A highs of 2020 and 2021. “We didn’t expect it to be that flat and that consistent for 2023,”...
View ArticleCongresswoman Kat Cammack Introduces Legislation To Block 80-20 Rule
One policymaker is attempting to put a halt to the 80-20 rule. At the start of the week, the “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” rule was finalized. The 80-20 provision is, arguably, the most...
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6 Company Leaders On What The Medicaid Access Rule Means For The Future Of...
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Now that the Medicaid Access Rule has been finalized, home-based care’s company leaders have had time to digest it, and consider what it means for the...
View ArticleCMS’ Daniel Tsai Stands Behind ‘80-20’ Provision, Medicaid Access Rule In...
A senior Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) official stood behind the “80-20 rule” — which has drawn major pushback from the home-based care industry — during a congressional hearing...
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Why 90% Of The Medicaid Access Rule Is ‘Positive’ For Home-Based Care Providers
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership When the “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” rule was finalized last week, the 80-20 provision stole the show, due to its unpopularity among...
View ArticleNew York’s 2025 Budget Makes Big Changes To The State’s Consumer-Directed...
Last month, the New York state budget for 2025 passed. It will bring on sweeping changes for home care stakeholders and recipients in the state. The budget makes major changes to New York’s Consumer...
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How Personal Care In Acute Care Settings Could Become Popularized, Benefiting...
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership In March, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a request from one state to allow more personal care service delivery...
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Sorting Through The Complex HCBS Medicaid Landscape
Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) vary by state, in many ways. And while it makes the space a complex one for providers to navigate, a greater understanding of the complexities allows...
View ArticleCMS Highlights 80-20 Provision Exceptions That Could Be Lifelines For Providers
There might be some recourse for home-based care providers that aren’t able to meet the requirements of the “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” rule’s 80-20 provision. “We heard, consistently, that...
View ArticleGeorgia-Based Company Hopes To Win New York CDPAP Administration Contract
Public Partnerships LLC, also known as PPL, is competing to become the exclusive administrator of New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP). This program enables seniors and...
View ArticleLawmakers Set Sights On Eliminating Age Restrictions For Medicaid Buy-In Program
U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-Penn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) have set their sights on lifting age-based restrictions in the Medicaid buy-in program. Their proposed legislation has the potential to...
View ArticleIn What Could Be A Tailwind For HCBS Providers, MACPAC Pushes For Easier...
For seniors looking to gain access to home- and community-based services (HCBS), wait times can be a major roadblock. Policy aimed at reducing those wait times could also have a positive effect on...
View ArticleCMS 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...
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