From the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS):Many minorities experience a disproportionate burden of preventable disease, including diabetes, heart disease, kidney failure, and obesity. Providers should talk to patients about the … [Read more...] about April is National Minority Health Month
Home Health
Overview: The Crisis in Medicare Home Health Coverage and Access to Care
Today the Center for Medicare Advocacy launches a Ten-Part Series to examine and continue work to resolve the growing crisis in access to Medicare home health coverage and necessary care. We invite you to follow this Series and provide Medicare home … [Read more...] about Overview: The Crisis in Medicare Home Health Coverage and Access to Care
The Promise and Failure of Medicare Home Health Coverage
1.The ProblemThe Center for Medicare Advocacy has been hearing from people who meet Medicare coverage criteria but are unable to access Medicare-covered home health care, or the appropriate amount of care. These problems have been escalating in … [Read more...] about The Promise and Failure of Medicare Home Health Coverage
Medicare Home Health Benefit’s Face-to-Face Encounter Requirement
As a condition of payment for Medicare home health benefits, a physician must certify that a patient is confined to the home, needs skilled services, receiving the services under a plan of care established and periodically reviewed by a physician, … [Read more...] about Medicare Home Health Benefit’s Face-to-Face Encounter Requirement
An Open Letter to CMS About Fraud
Can we talk about fraud? It exists. It’s not good for Medicare. Efforts to eliminate its damage to the program are necessary. But CMS’ war on fraud seems to be indiscriminate, full of tactical errors and collateral damage. Rather … [Read more...] about An Open Letter to CMS About Fraud
Center for Medicare Advocacy Launches Home Health Access Initiative To Open Doors to Home Health Care
As we have reported, the Center has been hearing more and more about people who meet Medicare criteria but cannot obtain, or retain, necessary home health care ordered by their physicians. In particular, people living with long-term and debilitating … [Read more...] about Center for Medicare Advocacy Launches Home Health Access Initiative To Open Doors to Home Health Care
Submit Your Home Health Access Story
As part of the Center's Home Health Access Initiative, we are collecting stories from beneficiaries and caregivers who have had difficulty obtaining necessary home health care as ordered by their doctor. Please share your story below! Click here to … [Read more...] about Submit Your Home Health Access Story
The Promise of Medicare Home Health Coverage
The Center for Medicare Advocacy has been hearing from people who meet Medicare coverage criteria but are unable to access Medicare-covered home health care, or the appropriate amount of care. In particular, people living with long-term and … [Read more...] about The Promise of Medicare Home Health Coverage
Proposed Rules Will Add to Problems Accessing Necessary Home Health Care
The Center for Medicare Advocacy has been hearing about people who clearly meet Medicare criteria but are unable to access home health care ordered by their physicians. In particular, people living with long-term and debilitating conditions find … [Read more...] about Proposed Rules Will Add to Problems Accessing Necessary Home Health Care
Center Comments on Medicare Prior Authorization of Home Health Services Demonstration
April 5, 2016Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs Division of Regulations Development 7500 Security Blvd. Baltimore, MD 21244-1850Delivered Electronically through … [Read more...] about Center Comments on Medicare Prior Authorization of Home Health Services Demonstration