by Kristin Rowan | Mar 22, 2025 | CMS, Editorial, Medicare Advantage, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor MedPAC Comments on CY 2026 MedPac Sends Recommendations to Congress MedPAC makes recommendations to Congress and HHS on issues affecting the Medicare program. The March report for 2025 includes recommendations for hospice, home health, and...
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 19, 2024 | Advocacy, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Bi-Partisan Bill Introduced The final session of this Congress may not be as “lame” as anticipated. On December 11, 2024, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), with the support of Representatives Diana...
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...
by Kristin Rowan | Aug 9, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Hospice, Medicare Advantage, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor The Alliance On June 18, 2024, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) announced they had met in Washington D.C. to formally sign an affiliation agreement...
by Rowan Report | Jun 13, 2024 | Partner News
ROAD TO THE TELEHEALTH “SUPER BOWL”: ATA ACTION CAPITOL HILL DRIVE WASHINGTON, DC, JUNE 12, 2024 – ATA Action, the American Telemedicine Association’s affiliated trade association focused on advocacy, hosted its 2nd annual Hill Day, bringing nearly two dozen ATA...
by Kristin Rowan | May 30, 2024 | Admin, Advocacy, CMS, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor NAHC President Bill Dombi announced at last week’s CAHSAH annual meeting and expo that he would end his tenure at NAHC and retire at the end of 2024. We reached had an interview with Dombi on Thursday, May 23rd. He said he was not...
by Kristin Rowan | Feb 14, 2024 | CMS, Regulatory
By Kristin Rowan, Editor Republican and Democratic leaders joined forces to introduce the Credit for Caring Act (S. 3702, H.R. 7165) in support of family caregivers across the country. Family caregivers are those who are caring for a family member but are not nurses...
