Home Health & Hospice Week
CHART Model Aims To Relieve Rural Hardships
Watch for a rural ACO coming to an area near you. More than 130 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, and Medicare is looking to do something about it — and about other hardships for rural providers and beneficiaries. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is testing the Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model. Under the program, CMS is directly providing a pool of $75 million in upfront, seed funding, with 15 rural communities applying for up to $5 million to develop local transformation plans, the agency says in a release. The program will involve paying hospitals a capitated monthly payment and hopes to include 20 rural Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) paying shared savings upfront, among other features.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Labor Law:
Aides Are In, Billers Are Out For FFCRA Exemptions, New Rule Indicates
DOL replaces rule provisions that federal court invalidated. Trying to figure out which employees are [...] - Compliance:
Dig Deeper In New FFCRA Rule From DOL
Pay attention to new rule’s provision on leave related to hybrid school schedules. A new [...] - Hospice:
Hospices Get Good News On Addendum Penalties, But Questions And Concerns Remain
Wait for written guidance, legal expert cautions. CMS has taken some of the pressure off [...] - Quality:
Measure On Hospice Visits In Last Days To Undergo Significant Revision
Only RN and MSW visits will count toward claims-based measure. A Hospice Quality Reporting Program [...] - Enforcement:
OSHA Cites Health Care Providers For COVID-19 Violations
DOL is examining PPE, respiratory protections, and more. Mind your COVID-19 employee protection responsibilities, or [...] - Industry Notes:
CHART Model Aims To Relieve Rural Hardships
Watch for a rural ACO coming to an area near you. More than 130 rural [...] - Industry Notes:
CMS Urges Medicaid Programs To Adopt Value-Based Care With New Guidance Document
Value-based care will gain importance if new recommendations get picked up by the states. The [...] - Industry Notes:
MedPAC Acknowledges COVID-19-Sparked Volume Nosedive For Home Health, Inpatient Rehab
The steep decline in home health services when the COVID-19 pandemic began isn’t going unnoticed [...] - Industry Notes:
Medicaid Hospice Rates For 2021 Released In New Transmittal
Check out Medicaid’s fiscal year 2021 hospice payment rates in a three-page memo at - Industry Notes:
Check Out Myth-Busting Information On HIPAA And Encryption
Check your assumptions about HIPAA compliance and encryption. Many providers think electronic protected health information [...]
