WHAT IS NEEDED TO QUALIFY FOR MEDICARE HOME HEALTH COVERAGE? The patient must be homebound. (This does not mean the patient can never leave home. For example, patients can leave home occasionally, go to adult day care, religious services, … [Read more...] about Medicare Home Health Coverage Booklet
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CMA Alert – More Bad Home Health Rules; More Health Care Sabotage; And Some Good News – Re-Review of Some HH Denials Now Available
Center Comments on Harmful Proposed Home Health Rule Health Care Sabotage Continues: New Pre-Existing Conditions Legislation Not What It Seems; GAO Critical of HHS ACA Enrollment Actions Re-Review of Some Home Health Denials Now … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – More Bad Home Health Rules; More Health Care Sabotage; And Some Good News – Re-Review of Some HH Denials Now Available
Health Care Sabotage Continues: New Pre-Existing Conditions Legislation Not What It Seems; GAO Critical of HHS ACA Enrollment Actions
New Legislation Dealing with Pre-existing Conditions is Not What it Seems Last week Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and others introduced the Ensuring Coverage for Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions Act. This bill would amend the Health Insurance … [Read more...] about Health Care Sabotage Continues: New Pre-Existing Conditions Legislation Not What It Seems; GAO Critical of HHS ACA Enrollment Actions
CMA Alert – SNF Payment Proposal Would Gut Therapy; Short-Term “Junk” Insurance Plan Harm; Home Health Highlight
Health Care Sabotage: More on Short-Term Limited-Duration “Junk” Plans Home Health Highlight: People Can Leave Home and Still Receive Medicare-Covered Home Care CMS Tries Again: Another New Skilled Nursing Facility Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – SNF Payment Proposal Would Gut Therapy; Short-Term “Junk” Insurance Plan Harm; Home Health Highlight
CMA Alert – Home Health Care Barriers; Overuse of Antipsychotic Drugs; More
Barriers to Home Care Created by CMS Payment, Quality Measurement, and Fraud Investigation Systems Elder Justice Alert: Human Rights Watch Publishes In-Depth Report on Antipsychotic Drug Use in U.S. Nursing Homes Consumer Statement on New Federal … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – Home Health Care Barriers; Overuse of Antipsychotic Drugs; More
CMA Alert – SNF Enforcement Halted; Know Your Medicare Appeals; Ultimate Health Care Sabotage; More
This Week In Health Care Sabotage New Fact Sheet - Expedited v. Standard Medicare Appeals: Not Knowing the Difference Could Cost You Your Appeal Rights CMS Halts Enforcement, as Requested by the Nursing Home Industry This Week In Health … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – SNF Enforcement Halted; Know Your Medicare Appeals; Ultimate Health Care Sabotage; More
CMA Alert – Changes to Help QMBs; Home Health Updates; ACA Sabotage
CMS Changes Will Help Ensure Low Income Beneficiaries Are Not Illegally Billed CMS Reissues Improved Medicare Home Health Booklet Dispelling a Myth: Medicare Home Health Coverage is NOT a Short Term, Post-Acute Care Benefit The ACA Sabotage … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – Changes to Help QMBs; Home Health Updates; ACA Sabotage
Center Comments on Proposed Home Health Payment Rules
September 25, 2017 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1672-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, Maryland 21244-8016 Submitted electronically to: … [Read more...] about Center Comments on Proposed Home Health Payment Rules
CMA Alert – Still Fighting for Health Care as Medicare’s Anniversary Nears; New Fraud Warning
As Medicare’s Anniversary Approaches, the Fight for Health Care Continues Beware of a New Social Security Scam As Medicare’s Anniversary Approaches, the Fight for Health Care Continues On July 30, Medicare will turn 52 years … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – Still Fighting for Health Care as Medicare’s Anniversary Nears; New Fraud Warning
July 2017 – Update on Health Reform & Other Issues
I. HEALTH REFORM: UPDATE Overview On May 4, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) by a vote of 217-213. The bill then moved on the Senate, and was reintroduced, with some minor … [Read more...] about July 2017 – Update on Health Reform & Other Issues