Home Health & Hospice Week
Medicare Home Health Spending To Climb 78% In Next Decade, CBO Predicts
Position yourself to benefit from growth in Medicare home health spending. The Congressional Budget Office expects federal benefit spending on home health to grow nearly 80 percent in the next decade, it says in new spending projections. Spending will grow from $18 billion in 2017 to a projected $32 billion in 2028, CBO says in an April 9 budget document. "While market basket inflationary factors contribute to this projected growth, it is likely the increase is directly related to the aging baby boomer population," notes the National Association for Home Care & Hospice in its member newsletter. Enrollment will increase from 58 million Medicare Part A enrollees and 54 million Part B enrollees in 2017 to 77 million and 71 million, respectively, in 2028. That's a 32 percent increase. The projections also predict the Medicare Part Atrust fund to go bankrupt by 2026. See CBO's projections, which don't include hospice-specificfigures, at www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/recurringdata/51302-2018-04-medicare.pdf.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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CoP Changes To Competency Evals For Aides Put HHAs At Survey Risk
Are your patients willing to be bathing guinea pigs? More than four months into implementation [...] - Compliance:
Know Your Aide Competency Requirements
Observation is required for these subject areas. Under §484.80 Condition of participation: Home health aide [...] - Hospice:
Prepare To Get More Detailed In Your Hospice Cost Report
Note this big change to reporting drug costs. Newly released hospice cost report revisions may [...] - Finance:
Report Costs For These Lines, Or Else
New Level 1 edits make these cost report lines mandatory. Without costs recorded on these [...] - Regulations:
Medicare Rolls Out Electronic Signatures For Cost Reports
New option applies to all providers' reports. To take advantage of Medicare's new electronic signature [...] - Industry Note:
Weigh Your M1060 Options Carefully
Using previous measurement as last resort. For the first time since April 2016, Medicare has [...] - Industry Note:
West Virginia Leads In Hospice PEPPER Downloads, While Utah Trails Last. Where Does Your State Stand?
If you aren't sure how to best use your newly updated hospice PEPPER report and [...] - Industry Note:
Medicare Home Health Spending To Climb 78% In Next Decade, CBO Predicts
Position yourself to benefit from growth in Medicare home health spending. The Congressional Budget Office [...] - Industry Note:
Kindred Buyers Announce Major Hospice Acquisition
The same group of purchasers making the massive Kindred at Home acquisition are planning another [...] - Industry Note:
3 Providers Will Merge To Form 15-State Chain
Great Lakes Caring, National Home Health Care, and Jordan Health Services plan to merge, they [...] - Industry Note:
Learn The Ropes To ID Claims Suspensions
Are suspended claims confusing you and holding up your reimbursement? You can get a clue [...]
