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The Health Group, LLC provides live educational conferences and webinars on healthcare financial and compliance issues of importance. Registrations are now being accepted for the Hospice Financial Administration Conference scheduled for September 30 – October 1, 2024.
Hospice News
REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE FOR HOSPICE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION CONFERENCE
Volume 25.06 The Health Group, LLC is pleased to announce that registrations are now being accepted for the 2025 Hospice Financial Administration Conference scheduled for October 16-17, 2025. The conference will be held at the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Lake. In response to feedback from prior...
CMS RELEASES PROPOSED PAYMENT UPDATE
Volume 25.05 On Friday, April 11, 2025, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, and Hospice Quality Reporting Program proposed rule. For the 2026 fiscal...
TELEHEALTH EXTENDED
Volume 25.04 The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extension Act of 2025 (FY 2025) “ACT”), recently passed by Congress allows for the continuation of many programs. Telehealth flexibilities for hospice have been extended through September 30, 2025. Hospices may perform face-to-face...
Healthcare News
ALLIANCE RELEASES FINDINGS CONCERNING HOME HEALTH CARE ACCESS
Volume 25.06 The National Alliance for Care at Home (“Alliance”), in partnership with KNG Health, has published findings related to deteriorating access by Medicare program beneficiaries to home health care. Key findings include: “Since 2019, wait times for a first home health visit have increased...
CMS ISSUES PROPOSED RULE RELATED TO PROVIDER TAX BY STATES
Volume 25.05 For many years, states have imposed broad-based taxes on healthcare providers. These taxes were used by the respective states to secure additional federal funding to support Medicaid payments to those healthcare providers. These taxes were acceptable to the federal government if the...
CMS ISSUES MULTIPLE PROPOSED RULES
Volume 25.04 On Friday, April 11, 2025, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released numerous proposed rules encompassing multiple types of providers. Fiscal year 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Update - On April 11, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Home Health News
2026 HOME HEALTH PROPOSED RULE PUBLISHED
Volume 25.02 The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has released the 2026 Home Health Proposed Rule. The Proposed Rule is available in its entirety here. The Proposed rule includes: A reduction in Medicare home health payments of 6.4%. This consists of a 2.4% increase in...
MedPAC RECOMMENDS ADDITIONAL HOME HEALTH PAYMENT REDUCTIONS
Volume 24.06 The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (“MedPAC”) in its March 2025 Report to Congress has again recommended that the 2026 payment rates for home health agencies should reflect a seven percent (7%) reduction to the 2025 Medicare base payment rate. Interesting items included on the...
HHS Announces Restructuring and Cost Reduction
Volume 25.03 On March 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a dramatic restructuring in accordance with President Trump's Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative.” According to HHS,...