Home Health & Hospice Week
SBA Launches Direct Forgiveness Portal For PPP Loans
Did you receive $150,000 or less in CARES Act Paycheck Protection Act funds? Then you can qualify to use a new streamlined process for securing loan forgiveness. The Small Business Administration’s new Direct Forgiveness Portal “will simplify forgiveness for millions of our smallest businesses … who used funds from our Paycheck Protection Program loans to survive the pandemic,” SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman says in a release. “The vast majority of businesses waiting for forgiveness have loans under $150,000. These entrepreneurs are busy running their businesses and are challenged by an overly complicated forgiveness process,” she says. “Many small business owners who took on the loans are currently unable to pay them back,” notes the National Association for Home Care & Hospice in its member newsletter. The direct, streamlined forgiveness process should help alleviate that pressure. Access the portal and an accompanying 29-page user guide at https://directforgiveness.sba.gov.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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Know When To Use The Late RAP Exceptions Process — And When Not To
Qualifying for a deadline exception can save HHAs big. Although it’s been more than half [...] - OASIS:
Get Your Referral Date Information Straight With Latest OASIS Quarterly Q&A
Clarification could affect your Care Compare star rating. If you want to make your Care [...] - Hospice:
Medicare Forges Ahead With 3 Controversial Quality Measures Over Hospices’ Concerns
Lion’s share of hospice final rule addresses quality program issues. Get ready for major new [...] - Quality:
Get To Know Your New HCI Components
Find out what ‘burdensome transitions’ are. Your potential patients, referral sources and more soon will [...] - COVID-19:
Watch Out For Faked COVID-19 Vaccination Cards
Feds crack down on counterfeiters. As hospital systems and others across the country announce vaccination [...] - Industry Notes:
HH Spending Drops As Percentage Of Medicare Outlays
Managed care spending grows more than 50%. As Medicare spending grows, the home health portion [...] - Industry Notes:
SBA Launches Direct Forgiveness Portal For PPP Loans
Did you receive $150,000 or less in CARES Act Paycheck Protection Act funds? Then you [...] - Industry Notes:
Latest HH PEPPER Reports Feature Comorbidity Benchmarks
If you want to know how to best use your free PEPPER benchmarking report, check [...] - Industry Notes:
MAC Collects Half-Million In Cap Overpayments With Plans For More
Thanks to a federal watchdog agency, one HHH Medicare Administrative Contractor is now collecting more [...] - Industry Notes:
Chicago HHA Forks Over Settlement For Self-Disclosed Misdeeds
An Illinois hospital-based home health agency is paying just short of six figures for a [...] - Industry Notes:
HH Workers Win Back Wages
The Department of Labor has recovered $1.5 million in home health worker back wages from [...] - Industry Notes:
Honor Tech Buys Home Instead
The latest in the industry’s juggernaut deals: Honor Technology Inc. has acquired Home Instead Inc. [...]
