Home Health & Hospice Week
HHS Pledges $13M To Grow Nursing
The HHS Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded $13 million to “bolster nursing education and training, to grow the nursing workforce and improve access to nursing education,” HRSA says in a release. Nurses are an essential part of our nation’s health care system,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra says in the release. “Supporting nurses and other frontline health professionals providing care in our communities is critical to improving our nation’s health and wellbeing,” Becerra maintains. “Nurses have been true heroes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, delivering lifesaving care on the frontlines despite unprecedented challenges,” HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson says in the release. The funds will go toward programs to increase preceptor availability, among other goals.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Value-Based Purchasing:
HHAs Finally Get Their Hands On Their VBP Stats Ahead Of Time
Don’t miss the real-time Q&A in the Nov. 18 livestream. One of home health agencies’ [...] - Reimbursement:
VBP Cohort Assignment Still Iffy
PIPRs contain data that won’t be used for ‘real’ VBP, CMS cautions. Watch out: Home [...] - Regulations:
OASIS-E Lacks Final Approval As Implementation Date Looms
Plus: Mind this critical Nov. 16 deadline or pay the price. Value-Based Purchasing isn’t the [...] - Hospice:
HOPE Data Collection Wraps Up
Another Care Compare refresh is hot on the heels of the last one. Medicare has [...] - Billing:
Learn These New HH Telehealth G Codes
CMS issued telehealth coding details internally back in July. Remember that final rule that came [...] - Mergers & Acquisitions:
Private Duty, DME, And Infusion Company Adds Medicare HHA
Blockbuster UnitedHealth-LHC Group deal poised to move forward. Expect home health mergers and acquisitions to [...] - Finance:
Shutdowns Plague HH, Hospice Providers Nationwide
Two hospice inpatient facilities close their doors. Staffing shortages continue take a toll on hospice [...] - Industry Notes:
New Hospice Chaplain Billing Codes Are On Deck
But final usage remains up in the air. Many hospices will be glad to see [...] - Industry Notes:
Consolidated Billing List Grows
Add five more codes to the home health bundling list. The Centers for Medicare & [...] - Industry Notes:
OASIS Data File Available
If you’d like to get your hands on OASIS data from 2021, now’s your chance. [...] - Industry Notes:
HHS Pledges $13M To Grow Nursing
The HHS Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded $13 million to “bolster nursing education [...] - Industry Notes:
HIPAA Breach Costs HH Co. $425K
Georgia-based Aveanna Healthcare must pay $425,000 after a series of phishing attacks led to a [...] - Industry Notes:
Agency Settles Wage Violations
A Chesapeake, Virginia home health company and its owner are paying high six figures for [...]
