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1 day ago · The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last year finalized its 2025 payment rule for home health providers, marking a critical moment for an industry grappling with escalating costs and workforce challenges. While the finalized rule delivers a modest 0.5% payment increase, a noticeable shift from earlier proposed cuts, it falls short of fully addressing inflationary pressures and ...

MCKNIGHT’S HOME CARE. McKnight’s Home Care is the latest addition to the McKnight’s family of brands and brings the most up-to-date news in home care to industry insiders. The brand covers the segments of in-home personal care, home health, hospice and palliative care. Readers are leaders in their respective organizations, ranging from owners and executives to clinical directors and ...

1 day ago · The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last year finalized its 2025 payment rule for home health providers, marking a critical moment for an industry grappling with escalating costs and workforce ...

1 day ago · Elon Musk reportedly gains access to CMS payment systems in alleged bid to identify areas of possible fraud, abuse ... AMGA calls for permanent extensions of telehealth, hospital-at-home waivers ... Florida governor's budget includes more than $93.7 million in funding to allow people with disabilities to receive services through Home and Community Based Services Waiver ... Wellstar MCG Health ...

3 days ago · KFF analyzes federal health data taken offline … Nearly 100 stakeholders urge Congress to extend hospital-at-home waiver … Home care advocates in New York rally against CDPAP transition to single fiscal intermediary … Lack of …

Jan 29, 2025 · The fourth quarter of 2024 saw record low levels of mergers and acquisitions in care-at-home fields, but dealmaking activity is expected to rebound in the near future, according to Mertz Taggart’s latest Home-Based Care M&A Report. “Things are starting to move,” Cory Mertz, managing partner at Mertz Taggart, said in a statement.

Jan 16, 2025 · Home care veteran Jennifer Sheets launches new AI-enhanced caregiving platform … American Occupational Therapy Association supports FDA’s release of The Idea Lab, as part of its Home as a Health Care Hub initiative … Senate Aging Committee holds hearing — its first in new legislative session — on improving wellness among seniors

Jan 14, 2025 · BLS: Home health added more than 15,000 jobs in December ... Republicans consider range of Medicaid targets to curtail spending ... American Healthcare home health firm forfeits $15 million in DOL overtime suit

Apr 23, 2024 · The United States is in the clutches of a caregiver crisis. Caregivers as a whole are underserved, overlooked and undersupported. That issue can lead to poor health outcomes for those they are caring for and higher costs for the healthcare system, particularly payers.