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The Changing Face of New York’s Medicaid Homecare Program Cuts Deep

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New York State’s Medicaid Homecare program pays for in-home personal care services. New York’s program has long been the best in the country. One underlying policy behind the program was that people should have every...more

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CMS Finalizes Important Changes to Medicare Enrollment Requirements for Hospice, Home Health Providers

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The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized important changes to the Medicare enrollment regulations applicable to hospices and home health agencies (HHAs), including increasing the level of screening that...more

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“36-Month Rule” Anticipated to Expand to Hospice

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On July 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a Proposed Rule that would extend the “36-Month Rule” to Hospice providers. The 36-Month Rule refers to 42 C.F.R. § 424.550(b), which currently...more

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CMS Continues Transparency Efforts for Home Health and Hospice

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on April 27, 2023, that it will publicly release all ownership information of home health and hospice agencies. This move is aimed at increasing transparency and...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

CMS releases guidance on Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (“HHVBP”) Model

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On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) that advances the shift from paying for Medicare home health services based on volume to a system that pays based on...more

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The AHA’s Letter to Santa Claus

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The American Hospital Association, after having been “nice” all year, penned its letter to Santa Claus with its wish list for Christmas. Its four page letter (actually addressed to President-Elect Donald Trump at 1717...more

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Expansion of Medicare Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Initiative

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On August 13, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that 2,115 providers are participating in Phase 2 of the Medicare Bundled Payment for Care Improvement initiative (BPCI). These providers...more

King & Spalding

CMS Proposes Initiative to Tie Home Health Payments to Quality Performance

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On July 10, 2015, CMS published in the Federal Register the CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule effective for episodes ending on or after January 1, 2016. CMS estimates that the net impact of the...more

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Delivery System Reform 2.0: Scaling Alternative Payment Models is the New Normal

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For some health care providers, a pair of recent announcements made by the Obama Administration to implement mandatory alternative payment models (APMs) for home health value-based purchasing and bundled payments for hip and...more

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CMS Releases Proposed HHA Rates for 2015 and Other Proposed Changes Affecting HHAs

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On July 1, 2014, CMS released the proposed update to the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates, which would apply to calendar year 2015 Medicare payments. ...more

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