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Home Health Prospective Payment System Final Rule for CY 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 28 issued its final rule for the calendar year (CY) 2026 home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS).
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.
Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for CY 2026
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) June 30 issued its proposed rule for the calendar year (CY) 2026 home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS). Comments are due Sept. 2, and a final rule is expected around Nov. 1. New policies would generally be effective Jan. 1, 2026.
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.
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.
Prepare for Shifts in Alternative Care Settings
With the effects of COVID-19 expected to continue for some time, providers can expect many of the trends that developed over the past two years to continue. Care delivered in alternative settings to hospitals, for example, is expected to increase considerably before the decade closes.
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?