The Center for Medicare Advocacy (the Center) is grateful to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for revising a CMS Medicare home health brochure issued earlier this year. The Center identified some concerns about the brochure’s … [Read more...] about Newly Revised CMS Home Health Benefit Brochure
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Center Appeals Dismissal of Home Health Aide Lawsuit
The Center for Medicare Advocacy has appealed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed on behalf of beneficiaries with chronic, disabling conditions who cannot access the home health aide services they require. The proposed class action, filed in October … [Read more...] about Center Appeals Dismissal of Home Health Aide Lawsuit
Study: People with Dementia Receive Less Home Health and Hospice Care in Their Final Months
According to a recent study, people suffering from dementia receive less health care in their last months of life – particularly home health and hospice – than people without dementia who have terminal illnesses. Researchers at RTI International, a … [Read more...] about Study: People with Dementia Receive Less Home Health and Hospice Care in Their Final Months
Meet One of the Named Plaintiffs in the Center’s Home Health Aide Lawsuit
This week, Katherine Vaczi, one of the named plaintiffs in Johnson v. Becerra, was featured in an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Ms. Vaczi, 81, has used a wheelchair since she sustained a spinal cord injury at age 23. She requires the services … [Read more...] about Meet One of the Named Plaintiffs in the Center’s Home Health Aide Lawsuit
Center for Medicare Advocacy Sues on Behalf of Medicare Beneficiaries Seeking Fair Access to Home Health Care
Washington, DC: After years of fruitless efforts to ensure Medicare beneficiaries can receive Medicare-covered home health care in general, and aide services in particular, the Center for Medicare Advocacy (the Center) filed a lawsuit today … [Read more...] about Center for Medicare Advocacy Sues on Behalf of Medicare Beneficiaries Seeking Fair Access to Home Health Care
CMS’s Home Health Care Proposed Rule Would Allow Medicare-Covered Services to Become Less Accessible for More Patients
The Center for Medicare Advocacy (the Center) has submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to CMS’s Calendar Year 2023 Home Health Care Proposed Rule.The Center’s comments focused on:Continuing … [Read more...] about CMS’s Home Health Care Proposed Rule Would Allow Medicare-Covered Services to Become Less Accessible for More Patients
Home Health Comments 2023
August 5, 2022Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAttention: CMS-1766-P, P.O. Box 8013Baltimore, Maryland 21244-8013Submitted electronically to: https://www.regulations.govRe: File … [Read more...] about Home Health Comments 2023
Center for Medicare Advocacy Contributes to Report on the Medicare Home Health Benefit
Today, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a report titled “Optimizing the Medicare Home Health Benefit to Improve Outcomes and Reduce Disparities” available here. With support from the Commonwealth Fund, the Center for Medicare … [Read more...] about Center for Medicare Advocacy Contributes to Report on the Medicare Home Health Benefit
New Resource | Home Health FAQs
Do you need practical information and resources on Medicare’s home health benefit? The Center for Medicare Advocacy is pleased to share the following Home Health Frequently Asked Questions based on inquiries we have received about this … [Read more...] about New Resource | Home Health FAQs
Home Health Webinar Q & A
January 2022The Center for Medicare Advocacy is pleased to share the following information based on questions that were received from the January 12, 2022 webinar on Medicare coverage of home health services. Recordings of that webinar and … [Read more...] about Home Health Webinar Q & A