The Preliminary October 2024 Interim Performance Reports (IPRs) for the expanded HHVBP Model are now available on the Inte...

National Hospice Leaders Urge CMS and Congress to Advance Program Integrity in Hospice Care through Effective Oversight...

On August 23 rd , the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) came out with new COVID-19 guidance for health care worke...

As of right now, the Public Health Emergency (PHE) is set to expire on October 13 th but could be extended again. CMS has...

CMS has once again updated the  Emergency Preparedness Guidelines  that will assist providers in maintaining c...

Last week, the Supreme Court issued opinions on both the CMS Vaccine Mandate and the OSHA Large Employer ETS. “MHCA was...

Over the last three weeks, there have been updates on the CMS Vaccine mandate and both OSHA Emergency Temporary Standards...

Yesterday, a U.S. District Judge in the Western District of Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction halting the CMS...

CMS has updated Chapter 9 of the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual to provide clarification for two hospice items...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated Chapter 9 of the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual to...

Article courtesy of NAHC Hospices have been anxiously awaiting additional information on two new Hospice Quality...

The Biden-Harris Administration will require COVID-19 vaccination of staff within all Medicare and Medicaid-certified f...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have proposed se...

CMS has updated the Emergency Preparedness Guidelines that will assist providers in maintaining compliance with this r...

Last week, CMS came out with the CY2022 Home Health Proposed Rule. MCHA has put together a quick overvie...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Blue Plus (Blue Cross) will be requiring a Request for Anticipated Payment (RA...

Additionally, for CY 2021, CMS established non-timely submission payment penalty when the HHA does not submit the RAP with...

Eligibility HHS is making a large number of providers eligible for Phase 3 General Distribution fundi...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) posted revisions to regulations that implemented the paid sick...

New legislation introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives would allow for verbal physician orders in lieu of signed...

At 2pm today NAHC will host a free webinar. Click here for more information and to register. On October 31st, CMS i...

On September 26, CMS issued a final rule empowering patients preparing to move from acute care into Post-Acute Care (PAC)....

August marks the beginning of the Annual Summer Congressional Recess. Your elected officials will be in their local home o...

Medicare Home Health Proposed Payment Rule 2020 Thursday, July 18, 2019 1-2pm Central Program Description:...

The Q4CY18 release of the Home Health Agency (HHA) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) with...

Article courtesy of NAHC NAHC to host webinar Last week CMS issued the proposed rule for the 2020 payment...

On Wednesday, June 12th, CCSQ will host a special Open Door Forum to allow hospices and other interested parties to ask qu...

Submitted by Vickie Brand, MHCA Medicare Nurse Consultant Note: the following alert was sent to the main contact at...

Avoid making common wage and hour violations! See below for information on issuing final paychecks. Paymen...

Article courtesy of NAHC On April 16, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published notic...

Article courtesy of NAHC. MedPAC, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, released its annual March report to Cong...

Article courtesy of NAHC . Two pieces of bipartisan legislation that would make it easier for the elderly and disabl...

Article courtesy of NAHC Long-time home care champions Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) have in...

Some of Minnesota’s home health and hospice agencies will lose funding because of recent changes to Medicare’s rural add-o...

Article courtesy of NAHC . The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will permit home health agencies to...