by Kristin Rowan | Jul 2, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Home Health, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor CMS Home Health Proposed Rule 2026 June 30th, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its proposed rule with updates to Medicare payment policies and rates for home health agencies under the Home Health Prospective...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Jun 20, 2025 | Admin, Legal
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. Medical Directors: Monthly Stipends Not Allowed Monthly stipends to Medical Directors for referrals of patients could cost you. Earlier this month, a hospice provider in Georgia settled claims of violation of the federal Anti-Kickback...
by Kristin Rowan | Jun 20, 2025 | Caregiver Safety, Caring for the Caregiver, Clinical, Home Health, Hospice
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Workplace Violence and Policy Impact Study of home health workers A group of researchers from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio published a recent study¹ on the frequency and reporting procedures of workplace violence (WPV) in home...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Jun 13, 2025 | Admin, Clinical, Home Health, Hospice
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. "Painting Pictures" of Patients Painting Pictures in clinical documentation to achieve positive audit results. As the fight against “fraud, abuse and waste” continues, responding to audits has become an ongoing burden for many providers....
by Rowan Report | Jun 13, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Home Health, Hospice
by Laurie Orlov, Founder, Aging and Health Technology Watch The Future of AI in Home Care New Research Report Wed, 06/04/2025 PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL, UNITED STATES, June 4, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ — The home care industry is facing a crisis. Driven by demographic...
by Kristin Rowan | Jun 6, 2025 | CMS, Hospice, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Fraudsters Arrested, Oz Issues Warning Fraud in California Fraudsters arrested in West Covina, CA this week were allegedly running a Medicare scheme. Authorities arrested hospice owner-operator Normita Sierra. They charged her with nine counts...
by Rowan Report | May 16, 2025 | Clinical, Interoperability, Regulatory
by Ben Rosen, Sr. Client Success Manager, Netsmart Interoperability What you need to know and how it affects you For over two decades, tech companies and government agencies have been moving toward the goal of interoperability in healthcare technology. At long last,...
by Kristin Rowan | May 9, 2025 | M&A
by Kristin Rowan, Editor UnitedHealth, Amedisys to Divest Home Health & Hospice...Again History UnitedHealth, Amedisys to divest home health and hospice properties to satisfy DOJ. Almost two years ago, the health services division of UnitedHealth Group, Optum,...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | May 9, 2025 | Caring for the Caregiver, Clinical
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq., It's National Nurses Week! Home Care Nurses, it’s National Nurses Week, May 6 – May 12, 2025, so we are celebrating the profession of nursing! Home Health Nurses Have a Proud History Home care nurses have an especially proud...
by Rowan Report | Apr 24, 2025 | Admin, Artificial Intelligence, Caring for the Caregiver
by Scott Green, Care Dimensions at Netsmart Meaningful AI in Post-Acute Elevating Care and Efficiency with Integrated AI Meaningful AI is more than plugging your questions into ChatGPT. It goes beyond Artificial Intelligence into Augmented Intelligence. After a long...
