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CMS releases CY 2025 home health PPS final rule, partially delays behavioral adjustments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 1 issued its calendar year 2025 final rule for the home health prospective payment system.
4 Takeaways on Coming Shift in Health Services Demand
The evolving landscape for hospitals and health systems will be led by an aging population, increased incidence of chronic disease and a higher demand for mental health services — all of which will cause inpatient and outpatient volumes to rise, notes the Sg2 2024 Impact of Change report.
Home Health PPS Proposed Rule for CY 2025
On June 26, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its calendar year (CY) 2025 proposed rule for the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS). CMS’ continued application of such large behavioral adjustments may threaten access to HH care for beneficiaries and, in doing so, also negatively impact care for other patients in need of acute hospital services by preventing hospitals and health systems from discharging patients in a timely manner.
CMS Releases CY 2025 Home Health PPS Proposed Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on June 26 issued its calendar year (CY) 2025 proposed rule for the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS). This Special Bulletin reviews highlights from this rule.
AHA Comments on the Calendar Year 2025 Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
The AHA provides comments to CMS on the calendar year 2025 Home Health prospective payment system proposed rule.
AHA Associate Podcast Series | Health Recovery Solutions
In this episode, Kathleen Wessel is joined by Cheng-Kai Kao, Chief Clinical Informatics Innovation Officer for the University of Chicago Medicine, and Doug Lang, VP of Strategic Accounts for Health Recovery Solutions. Last year, University of Chicago Medicine launched new digital health programs across various care settings to improve clinician workload, improve patient outcomes, increase patient engagement and retention and decrease care costs. In particular, the speakers discuss a new approach to hospital-at-home telehealth and remote patient monitoring at the University of Chicago Medicine.
How to Address 3 Critical Health Care Focus Areas for 2022
Service lines continue to be interrupted by COVID-19, with no end in sight. The health care workforce is stressed out and stretched thinly amid the so-called Great Resignation wave. Care delivery increasingly is being moved from hospitals to outpatient facilities and the home, thanks in part to an explosion of digital technologies.
4 Ways to Become a More Teledriven Health System
Robert Pearl, M.D., CEO of Kaiser Permanente Medical Group from 1999 to 2017, and Brian Wayling, executive director of telehealth services at Intermountain Healthcare, another pioneering telehealth organization, argue in a recent Harvard Business Review report that the telehealth era is just beginning.
3 Keys to CVS Health’s Growth Strategy
CVS Health’s strategic priorities are in care coordination and chronic-disease management, health IT and home health especially bear watching as the nation’s health system continues to transform.
What’s Next for Unitedhealth and Optum after $5.4 Billion Acquisition of Home Care Provider?
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum is making another significant push into care delivery after its recent $5.4 billion merger agreement with home care company LHC Group. The question now is: What’s next for Optum?