WiAHC is happy to remind members about and provide links to the latest articles and information on the home health care industry from Home Health Care News and other publications:

·       Study: Shortages Force 89 Percent of Home Care Agencies to Turn Away Care

McKnights Home Care – By Adam Healy | June 26, 2023

MissionCare Collective, parent organization of myCNAjobs, a job placement, career tools and training site for caregivers, released a study Friday revealing that a vast majority of home care providers have been forced to turn away care because of workforce shortages. Findings from the study indicate that 89% of providers have had to deny care because of the workforce crisis. On average, small- and mid-sized care providers refuse 510 care hours each month, the study said. Also, a majority have seen problems surrounding recruitment and retention worsen in the past six months. Read More…

·       Lawmakers Seeking to Block Home Health Medicare Cuts

Home Health Care News – By Andrew Dolan | June 22, 2023

The Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023 was introduced Thursday. Its largest objective is to prevent further cuts to home health payments in 2024 and beyond. The bill, if passed, would also strip the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of some of its payment-rate setting power and force the The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) to consider Medicare Advantage (MA) payment rates in its reports. Read More…

·       NAHC: Medicaid Unwinding May have Affected Thousands of Home Care Patients

McKnights Home Care – By C. Max Bachmann | June 14, 2023

Officials with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said Tuesday they have urged states to adopt flexibilities to minimize Medicaid coverage loss during the unwinding of the continuous enrollment provision. Between 8 million and 24 million people could lose Medicaid coverage during the 12-month unwinding period, according to data from KFF. The concern, CMS and home care providers say, is not that these beneficiaries are no longer eligible, but rather that procedural roadblocks are stopping them from receiving coverage. Read more…

·       Home Health Care A ‘Perfect Storm’ Of Complexity For Dealing With ACA Compliance

Home Health Care News – By Patrick Filbin | June 8, 2023

Within all of health care, home health agencies are among the most likely to be audited by the IRS for non-compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). That’s true, in part, because of the number of hourly employees and data collection issues in the industry. To avoid scrutiny, agencies need to rigorously check their compliance records and understand what is being asked of them by the federal government, according to compliance experts. Read more…

Home Health Care News, which is part of the Aging Media Network, is a leading source for news and information covering the home health industry.