NAHC President Val J. Halamandaris recently issues a 12-point progress report to NAHC Board of Directors. Below is the Report’s ten-point overview on NAHC’s Campaign for Responsible Rebasing.
A new rule from the Labor Department decrees overtime pay for home care workers.
A recent Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Brieffound that even though most patients with advanced cancer prefer care that minimizes symptoms, many still receive intense treatment and are not admitted into hospice care until their last three days of life.
With the House, Senate and White House unable to reach an agreement or compromise on funding for the Federal Government, a government shutdown now appears likely. Any potential shutdown would start at 12:00am on October 1, which is the start of the government’s new Fiscal Year.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Survey and Certification Group has issued a memo that reiterates its policy on the timing of initial surveys for providers/suppliers who reject assignment when an acquisition of another provider/supplier organization occurs.