The Alliance is pleased to welcome its newest member, Clark Care, Inc. a private care agency in Winchester, Massachusetts.
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HCA Welcomes New Member: Right At Home of Central Mass
The Alliance is pleased to welcome its newest member, Right at Home of Central Mass, a private care agency in Westborough, Massachusetts.
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HCA Welcomes New Member: Right At Home of the South Shore
The Alliance is pleased to welcome its newest member, Right at Home of the South Shore, a private care agency in Rockland, Massachusetts.
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HCA Welcomes New Member: Right at Home of Boston-Southwest
The Alliance is pleased to welcome its newest member, Right at Home of Boston-Southwest, a private care agency in Walpole, Massachusetts.
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HCA Comments to CMS on Proposed Rule
The Home Care Alliance has submitted comments on behalf of Medicare home health agency members to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding Proposed Rule CMS-1510-P (Medicare Program: Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update [CY 2011]; Changes in Certification Requirements for Home Health Agencies and Hospices).
The comments include suggested changes on the case mix adjustment, face-to-face physician encounter requirement, 36-month Rule/Capitalization Requirements, Claims Data Collection and Processing, HHCAHPS, and the Therapy Coverage Requirement. The comments also reflect how Massachusetts agencies have case mix weights well below the national average, but that the Northeast stands to be punished severely for following guidelines set by CMS.
Click here to see the Home Care Alliance’s comments on the Proposed Rule.
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CMS Offers Guidance on Hospice Care for Children in Medicaid and CHIP
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued a letter to state health officials and Medicaid Directors offering guidance on a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) dealing with “Concurrent Care for Children.”
Specifically, the provision removes the prohibition of receiving curative treatment upon the election of the hospice benefit by or on behalf of a Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligible child.
For more information, see the CMS memo here.
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HCA Welcomes New Member: Dodge Park At Home
The Alliance is pleased to welcome its newest member, Dodge Park At Home, a private care agency in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Letter Examples for CMS Proposed Rule Advocacy
Agencies in Western Massachusetts have stepped up with several letter templates for their physicians to send in to CMS and Administrator Donald Berwick regarding the Proposed Rule on case mix and Physician face-to-face visits.
Please see the letters below and feel free to edit and send as you see appropriate:
- Letter asking physicians to submit comment (Dr. Landers’ comments referenced in this letter can be made available upon request).
As a reminder, comments are due by September 14 to CMS and can be sent:
- a. By Mail: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: CMS-1510-P, P.O. Box 1850, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
- b. Or electronically by clicking here, then clicking “submit comment.”
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HCA Welcomes New Member: Right at Home of Bedford
The Alliance is pleased to welcome its newest member, Right at Home of Bedford, a private care agency in Bedford, Massachusetts.
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