CMS
by Kristin Rowan | Nov 25, 2025 | CMS, Editorial, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Medicare Advantage Reform Background Traditional Medicare is available to any U.S. citizen over the age of 65 or with a qualifying disability. Part A covers hospital care, skilled nursing facility care, hospice care, and some medically...
CMS
by Kristin Rowan | Sep 4, 2025 | CMS, Hospice, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Medicare Advantage Excess Payments Investigational Study Researchers from the Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown Universchool of Public Health and the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Icahn School of...
CMS
by Kristin Rowan | May 29, 2025 | CMS, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor CMS Strategy for Medicare Advantage Audits Last week, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rolled out a new, aggressive strategy to enhance and accelerate Medicare Advantage Audits under RADV. CMS will audit all eligible MA...
Hospice
by Kristin Rowan | Feb 6, 2025 | Hospice, Medicare Advantage
by Kristin Rowan, Editor End-of-Life Care in Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare Using research from CMS, researchers from Mt. Sinai in New York and Brown University in Rhode Island studied the data of adults aged 66 and older who passed away and had Medicare...
Artificial Intelligence
by Kristin Rowan | Jan 23, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Breaking News, CMS, Medicare Advantage, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor CMS Announces Medicare Advantage Pay Hike On January 13, 2025, CMS announced its plans to increase payments to Medicare Advantage plans by 4.33%. Policy changes for Medicare Advantage and Part D include changes in how the agency calculates...
Advocacy
by Kristin Rowan | Jan 9, 2025 | Advocacy, Editorial, Medicare Advantage, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Medicare Advantage Bill Dies in Congress The 118th United States Congress, ran from January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2025. This Congress’s first law was passed on March 20, 2023, much later than most previous congressional sessions. In its...
by Kristin Rowan | Dec 22, 2024
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Will the Change in Leadership Usher in a Change in Reimbursement Rates? As in any election year, we have been bombarded with promises, predictions, and pandering from senate and house hopefuls as well as presidential candidates from every...
by Tim Rowan | Dec 15, 2024
by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus Is Medicare Advantage Killing Us? Dr. Steve Landers has long been eloquent in his speaking and writing about the importance of Home Health over the years. Though I was already impressed, I gained a new level of respect this week....
Admin
by Rowan Report | Nov 15, 2024 | Admin, Clinical, Medicare Advantage
by Alexandria Nelson, Communications Specialist, Axxess How to Survive Medicare Advantage in Home Health Navigating the complexities of Medicare Advantage continues to be a sticking point for organizations trying to scale their business. In an education session at the...
Clinical
by Kristin Rowan | Nov 15, 2024 | Clinical
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Will the Change in Leadership Usher in a Change in Reimbursement Rates? As in any election year, we have been bombarded with promises, predictions, and pandering from senate and house hopefuls as well as presidential candidates from every...
