Tag: Children’s Health Insurance Program

Administration Begins American Rescue Plan Rural Funding to Support Providers Impacted by Pandemic

Today, Tuesday, November 23, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), released the vast majority ($7.5 billion) of the $8.5 billion American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural payments to providers and suppliers who served rural Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Medicare beneficiaries from January 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020.

Hundreds of home health care and hospice agencies received this funding and we strongly encourage them to attend the stakeholder briefing mentioned below.

You’re Invited: Stakeholder Briefing

HRSA’s Provider Relief Bureau (PRB) will hold a stakeholder briefing on:

  • December 2, 2021
  • 1:00-1:30 p.m. ET

This briefing will provide key information, dates, and data about the payments. Stakeholders must register to attend.

Administration Begins American Rescue Plan Rural Funding to Support Providers Impacted by Pandemic

Tuesday, November 23, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), released the vast majority ($7.5 billion) of the $8.5 billion American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural payments to providers and suppliers who served rural Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Medicare beneficiaries from January 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020.

Hundreds of home health care and hospice agencies received this funding and we strongly encourage them to attend the stakeholder briefing mentioned below.

You’re Invited: Stakeholder Briefing

HRSA’s Provider Relief Bureau (PRB) will hold a stakeholder briefing on:

  • December 2, 2021
  • 1:00-1:30 p.m. ET

This briefing will provide key information, dates, and data about the payments. Stakeholders must register to attend.

Administration Begins American Rescue Plan Rural Funding to Support Providers Impacted by Pandemic

Today, Tuesday, November 23, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), released the vast majority ($7.5 billion) of the $8.5 billion American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural payments to providers and suppliers who served rural Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Medicare beneficiaries from January 1, 2019 through September…

Home Health Agency Provider Enrollment Moratoria Expires

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the following on its web site announcing the expiration the Medicare Provider Enrolment Moratoria, which includes those states where a moratorium had been issued for new home health agencies (HHAs). “As of January 30, 2019, there are no active Medicare Provider Enrollment Moratoria in any State…

What this Week on Capitol Hill Meant for Home Care & Hospice

It has been a wild and very impactful week for home care and hospice, and many changes will be occurring in the coming years in our industry as a result of the federal budget (H.R.1892, the Bipartisan Budget Act) passed by both chambers of Congress and signed into law by the President. This law included…