New York aims to lead PACE expansion with innovative pilot
An innovative plan in New York State could expand the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to more people.
Medicare
Home-based primary care demonstration project scores another win
Home-based primary care proved to reduce healthcare costs and hospital admissions for the sixth year in a row, according to a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) demonstration project.
Nonprofit helps seniors and disabled at home navigate Medicaid, Medicare
Charities Pooled Trust aims to help people needing home care receive government services.
Choose Home bill draws swift rebuke from nursing home, assisted living providers
While home care providers were thrilled by the introduction of the Choose Home Care Act of 2021 on Thursday, not all of healthcare was pleased.
SNF penalty change takes ‘precious resources’ from resident care, association says
Nursing homes could see greater penalties for safety violations now that a Trump administration policy limiting such penalties has been reversed, and one industry association says resident care could suffer as a result.
Senators introduce highly anticipated legislation expanding Medicare home health
Home health advocates are applauding bipartisan legislation introduced Thursday that would expand care into the home.
Medicare and Medicaid are failing dual eligibles: policy research group
Only 1 in 10 people who are dual eligible for Medicare and Medicaid are getting the benefits of both programs. That is the assessment of the Alliance for Health Policy, a nonprofit policy research gro
Home health reaping dividends from Signify Health’s Transition to Home program
Signify Health has become an unexpected advocate for home health since it launched its Transition to Home solution nearly six months ago.
Opportunities abound for home care agencies, Dombi tells McKnight’s in podcast
From new legislation to market changes, home care is in a position of growth it has never been in before.
Healthcare groups hail legislation supporting value-based care
Fourteen national health groups, including the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association and the American College of Physicians, are lauding the reintroduction of a bill that would accelerate Medicare’s move from a fee-for-service to a value-based care model.
