With support from the John A. Hartford Foundation, the Center for Medicare Advocacy provides the following Fact Sheet to help Medicare home health beneficiaries and their families respond to unfair Medicare denials based on an erroneous … [Read more...] about Fact Sheet – Medicare Home Health Coverage In Light of Jimmo v. Sebelius
Home Health
Proposed CMS Payment Rules Will Worsen the Home Care Crisis
This is the eighth of a ten-part CMA Issue Brief Series examining the growing crisis in access to Medicare home health coverage and necessary care – and outlining the Center for Medicare Advocacy’s work to address these issues. We invite … [Read more...] about Proposed CMS Payment Rules Will Worsen the Home Care Crisis
Medicare Home Health Highlight
Home health access problems have ebbed and flowed over the years, depending on the reigning payment mechanisms, systemic pressures, and misinformation about Medicare home health coverage. Regrettably, as we’ve been reporting, access … [Read more...] about Medicare Home Health Highlight
Medicare Home Health Highlight
Home health access problems have ebbed and flowed over the years, depending on the reigning payment mechanisms, systemic pressures, and misinformation about Medicare home health coverage. Regrettably, as we’ve been reporting, it seems … [Read more...] about Medicare Home Health Highlight
Toolkit: Medicare Home Health Coverage & Jimmo v. Sebelius
Jimmo v. Sebelius, No. 11-cv-17 (D. VT), is a nationwide class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries who received care in skilled nursing facilities, home health care, and outpatient therapy and who were denied Medicare coverage … [Read more...] about Toolkit: Medicare Home Health Coverage & Jimmo v. Sebelius
Team Gleason – Center for Medicare Advocacy Home Health Initiative
____Team Gleason and the Center for Medicare Advocacy are pleased to announce a new initiative to help people living with ALS understand the Medicare home health benefit and maximize access to coverage and care. The Home Health … [Read more...] about Team Gleason – Center for Medicare Advocacy Home Health Initiative
Barriers to Home Care Created by CMS Payment, Quality Measurement, and Fraud Investigation Systems
This is Part Seven of a ten-part CMA Issue Brief Series examining the growing crisis in access to Medicare home health coverage and necessary care – and outlining the Center for Medicare Advocacy’s work to address these issues. We invite … [Read more...] about Barriers to Home Care Created by CMS Payment, Quality Measurement, and Fraud Investigation Systems
Medicare Home Health Access Problems Continue
As we have reported, the Center for Medicare Advocacy has been hearing from people unable to access Medicare-covered home health care, or the appropriate amount of care, despite meeting Medicare coverage criteria. In particular, people living … [Read more...] about Medicare Home Health Access Problems Continue
Beneficiary Protections Expanded in Revised Home Health Conditions of Participation
This is Part Six of a ten-part CMA Issue Brief Series examining the growing crisis in access to Medicare home health coverage and necessary care – and outlining the Center for Medicare Advocacy’s work to address these issues. We invite … [Read more...] about Beneficiary Protections Expanded in Revised Home Health Conditions of Participation
Alert – Spotlight on Medicare Home Health Care; Tax Cuts Set Stage for Medicare/Medicaid Cuts; ACA News
Medicare Home Health Coverage is Not a Short-Term, Acute Care Benefit ─ Congress Acted in 1980 to Provide for Longer-Term Coverage Final Home Health Rules and Interpretive Guidance: Proposed Payment Model Rescinded Advocates Oppose House Tax Cuts … [Read more...] about Alert – Spotlight on Medicare Home Health Care; Tax Cuts Set Stage for Medicare/Medicaid Cuts; ACA News