Council of State Home Care Associations

10/15/2019

Medicare Advantage has become increasingly more important in homecare over the past couple of years, as CMS has expanded the scope of supplemental benefits MA plans can offer.

With only a few short months to go in 2019, the year is rapidly winding down. As home care leaders take stock of their 2020 priorities, many remain focused on contracting with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, some of which still lack a basic understanding of what home care services actually look like....

10/01/2019

In-depth interview with our Chair Tim Rogers on everything from PDGM to Medicare Advantage to his personal experience with home-based care.

While home health advocacy efforts are routinely focused on national policies, state-level organizations often help pave the way. Among them is the Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina (AHHC-NC), led by industry veteran Tim Rogers, its president and CEO. With the Patient-Driven Grou...

09/26/2019

In 2020, 500 Medicare Advantage plans are expected to offer supplemental benefits, including non-medical, in-home care benefits.

As more Medicare Advantage (MA) plans prepare to roll out new home care benefits in 2020, premiums are expected to drop 23% next year, the Trump administration announced Tuesday. The news comes as more and more entrants continue to break into the market — and as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...

09/19/2019

Amedisys signed on as a care coordination partner and preferred provider for the Walmart Health initiative, expanding the reach of home-based care.

Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) have entered into a new partnership to expand home health care access nationwide, according to an analyst report from William Blair. The global investment and wealth management firm has learned that Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys is part of...

09/13/2019

We are making waves in Washington! Thank you to everyone for speaking up about this critical issue!

On a federal level, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), LeadingAge and the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH) have all ramped up their home health advocacy efforts this summer and in early fall. Increasingly, state home health leaders have joined in on those efforts....

09/11/2019

& advocates from around the country met with Congresswoman Terri Sewell, the prime sponsor of H.R. 2573, which would make critical updates to PDGM. We thank her for being a true champion!

09/11/2019

As & providers from across the country were on Capitol Hill yesterday urging lawmakers to support H.R. 2573/S. 433 to make critical updates to PDGM, an op-Ed by Council Chair Tim Rogers appeared in The Hill - THE news source for Congress and staffers!

I’m hopeful that lawmakers will come together to see that the Home Health Payment Innovation Act is passed into law this year for the health and safety of American seniors – and a Medicare benefit that 3.5 million patients readily depend upon.

09/09/2019

Thanks to everyone who made our 4th Public Policy Summit a success: including sponsors LHCGroup Lafayette, Louisiana, Sandata Technologies, Axxess, HHAeXchange, & Simione Healthcare Consultants, & advocates from 20+ states!

Tomorrow, we go to Capitol Hill!

09/04/2019

Just a few days until the 4th Annual Public Policy Summit & Advocacy Day in DC. See you next week!

09/04/2019

When ride-hailing companies first came on the scene nearly 10 years ago, they were rarely — if ever — associated with health care. But today, both industry giants Uber (NYSE: UBER) and Lyft (Nasdaq: LYFT) have growing health care divisions that are frequent partners of home-based care providers....

08/22/2019

07/19/2019

An interesting read...thoughts?

When the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), part of the goal was to fix problems that exist with the currently used Prospective Payment System (PPS).  One such problem, government watchdogs say, is agencies prioritizing quantity of car...