Tag: Keith Myers

Home Care Heroes at NAHC 2022

The Monday General Session of the Day 2 of the 2022 Home Care and Hospice Conference and Expo began with a bang, as NAHC President Bill Dombi introduced a video greeting from one of the best friends of care in the home, Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan. Senator Stabenow has long been a champion for…

FMC 2022: Leadership and a Fight for Home Health Care

Day two of the 2022 Financial Management Conference (FMC) began with more education, but in many ways the highlight of the day was one of the most popular features of the conference every year, the leadership panel. Officially titled “Home Care and Hospice Leadership Panel: A Practical View from Outside of Washington,” The leadership panel…

FMC Leadership Panel Highlights Challenges and Opportunities for Home Care & Hospice

A panel of home care and hospice leaders shared their views on recent encouraging developments in the industry, as well as cautioned providers to focus on core services and to continue to grapple with ongoing workforce issues, during the second day of the 2021 Financial Management Conference in Chicago. Five key leaders in home care…

NAHC Opinion Column in The Hill Urges Congress to Stop PDGM

An opinion piece authored by William A. Dombi, President of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), and Keith Myers, Chairman of the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare, calls on Congress to stop implementation of the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), a controversial program by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…

Legislation to Stop Home Health Rate Cuts Introduced in Congress

STOP THE PROPOSED CMS HOME HEALTH RATE CUT! A bill just introduced in the House of Representatives would eliminate the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) ability to reduce reimbursement rates for home health care. The Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of February 2018 authorized CMS to make rate adjustments on the basis of assumptions…