CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
CMS to Provide Guidance to States on Flexibilities for States, Medicaid Providers After Cyberattack on Change Healthcare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure participated in a roundtable with senior Administration leaders to hear from health care providers about the challenges they are experiencing following the cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group’s subsidiary Change Healthcare, and to urge health insurers to do more to support affected providers and suppliers. At […]
Read MoreNAHC Meets with CMS Administration on Medicaid Access Proposed Rule
On Friday, July 21, 2023, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and our partner organizations, including PMHC, HCAOA, and ANCOR, met with key members of the CMS Administration, including Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Senior Advisor Hannah Katch, and Director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services Daniel Tsai. During the conversation, the […]
Read MoreNAHC to CMS: Stop Home Health Cuts Now
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH) have written a letter to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), highlighting the threat that CMS’ CY 2024 reimbursement proposals for Medicare home health agencies (HHAs) pose to beneficiary access to the Medicare […]
Read MoreHHS Makes Ownership Data for Medicare-Certified Hospice and HHAs Publicly Available
On April 20, 2023, in support of President Biden’s Executive Order on promoting competitiony, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began releasing ownership data for all Medicare-certified hospice and home health agencies. For the first time, anyone can now review detailed information on the ownership of more than 6,000 hospices and 11,000 home […]
Read MoreNAHC & 3 Other Orgs Talk Hospice Program Integrity with CMS Admin
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and three other organizations – Leading Age, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) – met with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to share concerns and recommendations to address the […]
Read MoreNAHC Expresses Concern to CMS About Hospice Proliferation in Some States
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), joined by three other important industry stakeholders, has written to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), to express our increasing concern about reports of rapid proliferation of certified hospice agencies in select states. Most recently, the findings of the California State Auditor1 […]
Read MoreHHS Expands HCBS for Elderly, People with Disabilities
More than 40 states and territories will now participate in Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person demonstration program, which has provided billions to help seniors and people with disabilities safely transition from institutional care to their homes and communities On August 23, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for […]
Read MoreCMS Releases Quality Measure Set to Improve Home & Community-Based Care
On July 21, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will release its first-ever home- and community-Based Services (HCBS) quality measure set to promote consistent quality measurement within and across state Medicaid HCBS programs. The measure set is intended to provide insight into the quality of HCBS programs and enable states to measure […]
Read MoreCMS Releases Quality Measure Set to Improve Home & Community-Based Care
On July 21, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will release its first-ever home- and community-Based Services (HCBS) quality measure set to promote consistent quality measurement within and across state Medicaid HCBS programs. The measure set is intended to provide insight into the quality of HCBS programs and enable states to measure […]
Read MoreCMS Releases Quality Measure Set to Improve Home & Community-Based Care
On July 21, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will release its first-ever home- and community-Based Services (HCBS) quality measure set to promote consistent quality measurement within and across state Medicaid HCBS programs. The measure set is intended to provide insight into the quality of HCBS programs and enable states to measure […]
Read MoreCMS Releases Quality Measure Set to Improve Home & Community-Based Care
On July 21, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will release its first-ever home- and community-Based Services (HCBS) quality measure set to promote consistent quality measurement within and across state Medicaid HCBS programs. The measure set is intended to provide insight into the quality of HCBS programs and enable states to measure […]
Read MoreCMS Releases Quality Measure Set to Improve Home & Community-Based Care
On July 21, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will release its first-ever home- and community-Based Services (HCBS) quality measure set to promote consistent quality measurement within and across state Medicaid HCBS programs. The measure set is intended to provide insight into the quality of HCBS programs and enable states to measure […]
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