Home Health & Hospice Week

You can find out more about Medicare’s Direct Contracting Model in two upcoming educational events.

Reminder: Under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation model, Medicare may allow Medicare Advantage plans to use certain flexibilities such as permitting nurse practitioners to certify home health services, waiving homebound requirement, and covering concurrent (curative) care for hospice beneficiaries.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is holding a webinar on the topic on Jan. 7 and “office hours” for questions on Jan. 8. Links to register are at https://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/direct-contracting-model-options — scroll down to the “Information for Interested Stakeholders” section.