Home Health & Hospice Week
Amazon Care, Including Home Visits, Expands
Keep an eye on Amazon Care, the online retail behemoth’s telemedicine business unit. It’s expanding to 21 more states, news reports note. Amazon Care provides telemedicine visits “24/7, no more waiting rooms, no more travel time,” it says on its webpage. It also provides in-person care “at your door” when needed, it adds. The in-person service is currently available in the Seattle area to Amazon employees. Amazon Care has recently incorporated in Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Wyoming, according to records filed with state agencies, reports the Seattle Times. Stay tuned for how it will roll out and whether it will overlap with traditional home health and hospice services.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Budget:
Decline In Key HH Indicators Doesn’t Stop MedPAC’s Cut Rec
Data analysis fails to acknowledge HHAs’ average non-Medicare payer load is around one-third, expert says. [...] - Know Your Facts:
Every Home Health Indicator Except One Declined In Latest Period
Highest profit margin in nearly a decade may contribute to cut recommendation. The Medicare Payment [...] - Hospice:
MedPAC Takes Aim At Hospice Long Stays With Cap Cut, Rate Freeze
Commission IDs long lengths of stay, live discharges, nursing and independent living facility patients, and [...] - Hospice:
Hospices, Reps Decry Potential Cap Cut
Adopting MedPAC recommendation would prove catastrophic. When lawmakers go looking for budget savings to fund [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
CEO In Notorious Hospice Fraud Case Finally Pleads Guilty
Plus: Home health cases snare physician, SNF worker fraudsters. Five years after federal raids and [...] - Administration:
Agencies Hope New HHS Secretary Becerra Will Boost Care At Home
Confirmation comes 3 months after nomination, 2 months after inauguration. After a lengthy waiting period, [...] - COVID-19:
Are Home Health, Hospice Agencies Largely Missing Out On Administering Vaccinations For Homebound?
Some agencies are blazing the way, however. The good news is that Americans confined to [...] - Industry Notes:
All Eyes Are On Sequestration Legislation As Deadline Looms
Will 2% sequestration cut hit March 31? President Biden’s 1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package contained [...] - Industry Notes:
HHAs Near Top Of MFCU Conviction List For 2020
If you’re feeling the heat of state fraud scrutiny, you are not alone. Home health [...] - Industry Notes:
Climbing Rates Of Hospital Discharges To Home Aren't New
The trend of patients being discharged from hospitals to home health rather than skilled nursing [...] - Industry Notes:
Amazon Care, Including Home Visits, Expands
Keep an eye on Amazon Care, the online retail behemoth’s telemedicine business unit. It’s expanding [...]
