Home Health & Hospice Week
Aide Pay Shoots Up 4% Under COVID
If you’ve had to pay higher wages to attract aides, you are not alone. A new study found that the average hourly rate for a home health aide in 2020 increased 3.9 percent compared to 2019. The 2020 rate was $25.62, says long-term care insurance software vendor LTCG. “Meanwhile, the average per-visit rate for a registered nurse in 2020 was $146.86, an increase of 6.3 percent over the prior year, potentially reflecting increased demand for nurses during the pandemic,” the Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based company says in a release about its Cost of Care study that “gathers tens of thousands of data points from senior care providers nationwide.” Minnesota and Washington were the most expensive states for home health aides, according to the study, while Georgia and Florida were the least expensive.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Labor Law:
New OSHA COVID-19 Rule Drops Multiple New Requirements In Your Lap
Stay tuned for possible legal challenges. We’re heading into month 17 under the COVID-19 public [...] - Compliance:
Address These Items ASAP Under New OSHA COVID ETS
Who will your COVID safety coordinator be? OSHA wants to know. The list of items [...] - Regulations:
Don’t Miss: Fully Vaccinated HH Settings Are Exempt From ETS Requirements
How do you show your staff are fully vaccinated? OSHA has given healthcare providers a [...] - Finance:
HHS Extends PRF Deadlines, Increases Reporting Duties
Reporting portal opens July 1. In a new notice, the Department of Health and Human [...] - Audits:
OIG Slaps Hospice With $3.3 Million Overpayment Estimate
Error rate ‘extremely misleading,’ hospice’s attorneys say. The HHS Office of Inspector General continues to [...] - Industry Notes:
MedPAC Eyes Medicare Advantage, Rural Utilization
Louisiana racks up highest HH utilization rate, according to new report. Although it seems like [...] - Industry Notes:
Watch Out For New Cost Report Pitfall
It looks to be a rocky year for home health cost report data. Why? The [...] - Industry Notes:
HHA Settles Pay Dispute For $85K
A Massachusetts home health agency has agreed to fork over more than $85,000 to settle [...] - Industry Notes:
Aide Pay Shoots Up 4% Under COVID
If you’ve had to pay higher wages to attract aides, you are not alone. A [...] - Industry Notes:
Aides Plead Guilty To Medicaid Fraud
States continue to crack down on Medicaid personal care services fraud. In Missouri, the state’s [...] - Industry Notes:
OIG Focuses On COVID Test Fraud
The HHS Office of Inspector General didn’t concentrate only on home health and hospice fraud [...]
