Editor's Note: This is the first article in a series on the CMS Proposals for the HHQRP. The Centers for Medicare &a...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Tuesday, August 15, a proposed rule that would dis...

In late May, U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Kenny Marchant (R-TX) introduced the Home Health Documentat...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued Change Request (CR) 10167 which provides instruction...

During the August 9, 2017, Home Health, Hospice and DME Open Door Forum (ODF) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

On October 28, 2016, the Director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Survey and Certification Grou...

The Department of Labor is Actively Enforcing the “Kickback” Rule   Another article, brought to us by S...

Homecare field staff members who provide services on behalf of private duty agencies, hospices, Medicare-certified home he...

It’s been a hotly contested topic lately, raising the federal minimum wage.   Low-paid workers are crying for a “mor...

Homecare field staff members who provide services on behalf of private duty agencies, hospices, Medicare-certified home he...

By Nathan Hale, Law360 Federal prosecutors have charged a former employee of Florida's Agency for Health Care Administ...

Lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee heard testimony on Tuesday, May 2, about waste, fraud and abuse in th...

Prescription drugs and home health services are the top two anti-fraud priorities for the government, due to high spending...

Hernando County Sheriff's detectives met with Beth Stocke at the Hernando County Sheriff's Office. Ms. Stocke reporte...

On June 9, 2015, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the primary en...

The expansion of an anti-fraud initiative that blocks new ambulance and home health providers from enrolling in Medicare i...

According to a recent study funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qualit...

On October 20 th , The Palm Beach County Commissioners unanimously passed a new Home Caregiver Ordinance. Our HCAF Gove...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported this month that an estimated 75 percent of seniors who likely nee...

By Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq.   If home care providers think they have heard a lot about reducing hospital...

Following seven months of repeal and replace talks, the final three in the Senate, efforts to come up with an alternative...

By Christine Sexton, POLITICO TALLAHASSEE — The Trump administration on Thursday approved a sweeping waiver for the sta...

The American Health Care Act (AHCA) under consideration in U.S. Congress could lead to the elimination of as many as 713,0...

The federal government has granted states three additional years to deliver care to Medicaid enrollees in home and com...

Medicaid per-capita caps would raise Medicare costs for the 11 million people covered by both programs and halt progress m...

Published on HomeCare Magazine The Home Care Association of Florida (HCAF) is proud to announce the 2017 winners of i...

By Josh Poltilove, Home Health Line Just one day before the pre-claim review demo was set to expand to include Florid...

Despite major pushback from the home health care industry, the controversial Pre-Claim Review Demonstration (PCRD) is set...

One day before the Pre-Claim Review Demonstration (PCRD) was set to begin in Florida, the program has been put on pause, t...

Exclusive to the Orlando Sentinel   In its ongoing effort to reduce health-care costs and improve program in...

By Elizabeth Hogue, Esq. Fraud and abuse enforcers have stated periodically that one of the reasons they are so intent...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently proposed a new compliance date of December 1, 2017,...

It is with great sadness that the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) announces the passing of its pre...

By Elizabeth Hogue, Esq. Linda Evangelista, a "supermodel," once stated that she did not get out of bed for less than $...

By Elizabeth Hogue, Esq. Outpatient surgeries, including joint replacements, have outstripped inpatient surgeries over t...