2027 Home Health Proposed Rule
What this rule really means for your bottom line … On the surface, the Calendar Year 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule (CMS-1844-P) looks like good news. CMS …
Should Your Hospice or Home Health Agency Join a Regional Collaborative?
What New England’s NECHN Growth Tells Us Independent hospice and home health agencies across Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts are watching a quiet but consequential trend: small, mission-driven providers are …
The 2026 Home Health Final Rule: A Survival Guide for Agencies
If you’ve been holding your breath waiting for the 2026 Medicare Home Health Final Rule, you can finally exhale. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final …
Q&A Basics for IRF and LTCH Providers
CMS is offering an instructional resource for providers on how to access and use CMS QRP (Quality Reporting Program) Quarterly Q&A documents. This resource addresses the purpose and benefit of …
HHS Announces Rule to Protect Consumers from Surprise Medical Bills
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury, and the Office of Personnel Management, issued “Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part …
The Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Reporting Deadline is Just Weeks Away! Are You Prepared?
The CARES Act, passed in March last year, included $175 billion in Provider Relief Funding (PRF). Lawmakers promised that these funds would be available to providers with no strings attached …
MassHealth Adult Daycare Providers: Important COVID-19 Updates!
MassHealth has posted two important bulletins for all Adult Daycare Providers in Massachusetts. The first bulletin, available here, describes COVID-19 related flexibilities for MassHealth providers of adult foster care/group adult …
President Biden Extends the Suspension of Medicare Sequestration
On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, President Biden signed H.R. 1868 into law, which extends a suspension of Medicare sequestration (scheduled payment cuts of two percent for most providers). The payment …
Medicare Loan Recoupment has Begun! How Will this Impact Your Organization’s Cash Flow?
Providers struggling during the pandemic were given a critical lifeline from CMS in the form of Medicare advanced/accelerated payments last year. With so many things on your plate during these …
Medicare Increases Payments for COVID-19 Vaccine Administration
From CMS: Today, CMS is increasing the Medicare payment amount for administering the COVID-19 vaccine. This new and higher payment rate will support important actions taken by providers that are …