May 15, 2025 | Healthcare News
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...
Apr 21, 2025 | Home Health News
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....
Apr 16, 2025 | Healthcare News
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...
Apr 15, 2025 | Hospice News
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...
Apr 7, 2025 | Home Health News
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...
