Yesterday, October 31st, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its final rule regarding changes to the Medicare home health prospective payment system (HHPPS) for Calendar Year (CY) 2017. The final rule also includes payment policy provisions, updates to the home health quality reporting program (HHQRP) and proposed changes to the Home Health […]
The employer mandate responsibilities In the Affordable Care Act are scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2015. Employers of 100 or more full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) will be required to either offer a qualified health plan to all their full-time employees or face a potential financial penalty. For purposes of this law, a “full-time […]
Kansas, Missouri and seven other states have signed on to a movement that would snatch regulatory authority of most of the nation’s health care insurance systems from the federal government. New Hampshire’s House of Representatives voted in 2012 to join the national Health Care Compact, but the introduced legislation has stalled in the Senate. If […]
