Home Health & Hospice Week
NY Agency Slapped With EEOC Racial Discrimination Suit
A Brooklyn, New York home care agency is facing an EEOC lawsuit accusing it of racial discrimination. ACARE HHC Inc., doing business as Four Seasons Licensed Home Health Care Agency, “violated federal law by removing aides from their work assignments due to their race and national origin to accommodate client preferences,” the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says in a release about the suit. The Commission is seeking compensatory and punitive damages for the affected employees, and injunctive relief. “Making work assignment decisions based on an employee’s race or national origin is against the law, including when these decisions are grounded in preferences of the employer’s clients,” Jeffrey Burstein, regional attorney for the EEOC’s New York District Office, says in the release.
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Value-Based Purchasing:
IPR Recalc Request Deadline Delayed While CMS Reissues Reports
Have you noticed these errors in your report? If you downloaded your Value-Based Purchasing Interim [...] - Hospice:
Hospices Will Continue To Struggle Under Inadequate Rate Bump
The slight increase in hospices’ 2024 payment rates, as compared to the amount proposed back [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
Prepare For More Hassles As Medicare Tightens Qualifications For Certifying Physicians
CMS downplays the increased burden. Hospices have a little more time to get ready for [...] - Quality:
HOPE Tool Chugs Toward Implementation
Stand by for an update on the assessment tool this fall. Although it’s not officially [...] - Compliance:
Pssst! Medicare Left The Door Open For Changes To The 60-Day Rule
What to understand about Medicare’s latest move and what you should do now to be [...] - Industry Notes:
HH Industry Fights Back Against Draconian Pay Cuts
New legislation, letter to CMS head are latest shots fired. Home health agencies are hoping [...] - Industry Notes:
NY Agency Slapped With EEOC Racial Discrimination Suit
A Brooklyn, New York home care agency is facing an EEOC lawsuit accusing it of [...] - Industry Notes:
New GUIDE Model May Allow Agencies To Help Dementia Patients
A new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services initiative, the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience [...] - Industry Notes:
Latest HH PEPPER Report Is Out
You may feel like your home health agency has its fill of benchmarking data via [...] - Industry Notes:
Excluded Personal Assistant Costs NY Agency Big
A home attendant program in New York City has to pay in the high six [...]
