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CMS Proposes to Lift Unnecessary Regulations and Ease Burden on Providers By Eram S. Abbasi
http://leadingage.org/regulation/cms-proposes-lift-unnecessary-regulations-and-ease-burden-providers
LeadingAge Submits Comments on Home Health Payment
September 4, 2018 by Aaron Tripp LeadingAge submitted comments on the calendar year (CY) 2019 Medicare home health proposed rule focusing on the rural add-on payments, Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), remote monitoring, and the home health value-based purchasing...
Why Home Health Payment Reform Isn’t a ‘Death Knell’ for Therapy Services
from Home Health Care News, by Robert Holly | July 19, 2018 https://homehealthcarenews.com/2018/07/why-home-health-payment-reform-isnt-a-death-knell-for-therapy-services/
2019 Home and Community-Based Services Funding Advances Legislation By Barbara Gay
Fiscal 2019 funding for home and community-based services moved closer to enactment on August 23, as the Senate passed H.R. 6157, a combined spending bill covering the Defense Department and the Departments of Labor and of Health and Human Services. Learn more in the...
Home Health, Hospice Admissions Trending Upward By Kaitlyn Mattson | August 28, 2018
https://homehealthcarenews.com/2018/08/home-health-hospice-admissions-trending-upward/
Hospices to Receive 1.8% Payment Update, from LeadingAge
"On August 6, 2018 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the fiscal year (FY) 2019 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update final rule. The hospice payment update percentage for FY 2019 is 1.8%." Learn more in the attached article, by Aaron...
5 Ways Your Home Care Office Staff Can Increase Caregiver Retention
"Your office staff are well-equipped to help you deal with caregiver turnover. Don’t try to do it all yourself."...
CMS Takes Action to Modernize Medicare Home Health
https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/FFSProvPartProg/Provider-Partnership-Email-Archive-Items/2018-07-02-eNews-Se.html?DLPage=1&DLEntries=10&DLSort=0&DLSortDir=descending
Candid Conversations Reveal Home Health is a Top Investment Target By Amy Baxter | June 21, 2018
https://homehealthcarenews.com/2018/06/candid-conversations-reveal-home-health-is-a-top-investment-target/
Article by Nancy King’s featured on Senior Housing Forum
"How Do I go from Outstanding to Terminated" by Nancy King, President, Senior Options, is the featured story on this week's Senior Housing Forum blog. King discusses the conclusions drawn from her interviews and research for her book "Fired: How to Manage Your...
Newsletters
Senior Options June 2019 Partner News
Acacia Hospice recently completed CHAP Home Care Certification; Home Health agencies are preparing for the January 1 start of PDGM; and Senior Options offers Feasibility Studies to determine home health and hospice demand in your market. Learn more in the June 2019...
Senior Options May 2019 Partner News
LeadingAge Podcast on Home and Community Based Expansion is available; Lake Prince At Home achieves CHAP home health certification; Home Health Agencies preparing for CMS' January 2020 launch of PDGM; and Senior Options is available to analyze your market to determine...
Senior Options April 2019 Partner News
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Senior Options March 2019 Partner News
Senior Options is working with our electronic health records vendor & is working with our Partners to prepare for Home Health PDGM; Westminster-Canterbury Richmond at Home achieved a perfect hospice licensure survey; Senior Options President Nancy King will be...
Senior Options February 2019 Partner News
CMS has officially ended the home health agency moratoria in Florida, Illinois, Michigan and Texas, and Nancy King will be speaking at the LeadingAge Summit meeting n March. See details in the attached Senior Options Partner News: February 2019....
Senior Options January 2019 Partner News
Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio Announces Agreement with Senior Options and 2 Senior Options Partners Achieve Level 4 of NHPCO's We Honor Veterans Mennonite Home Health and Senior Services, Bluffton, OH has announced the partnership with Senior Options. “Mennonite...
November 2018 News from Senior Options
Interested in exploring the potential for home health and hospice services for your community - contact Senior Options for details on a custom Feasibility Analysis; Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio and Senior Options met for the Kickoff Session, CMS Stands by Home...
October 2018 News from Senior Options
Senior Options is hosting a Networking Reception @ LeadingAge in Philadelphia. RSVP to join us in the Independence Ballroom at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown! Congratulations to Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, on the Gold Award in the Dignity category...
September 2018 News from Senior Options
Senior Options is hosting a Networking Reception during LeadingAge, Philadelphia. The event is scheduled for October 30th at 5:30. Also at LeadingAge, Senior Options is honored to participate in 2 sessions: 16-A "Expanding Into Home Health and Hospice" and 97-E...
August 2018 News from Senior Options
Fleet Landing Home Care, Atlantic Beach, FL successfully completed the 2-day ACHC Accreditation Survey. Congratulations to Mia Lewis, Administrator, Raquel Miranda, Outreach Coordinator, and Melissa Howlett, RN on the outstanding results. Lake Prince At Home,...
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