Tag: Letter

NAHC Urges Permanent Medicare Flexibilities  for Use of Technology in Hospice

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish permanent flexibilities allowing hospices to utilize telecommunications to deliver multi-disciplinary, patient-centered care, and to ensure that such services can be recorded and monitored for their impact on quality of care. In a letter to…

Florida Members of Congress Question CMS about Prior Authorization Program

In response to the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) program, as proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), members of the Florida Congressional Delegation have submitted a letter to CMS outlining their concerns with the program. The RCD program, a slightly modified version of 2016’s Pre-Claim Review (PCR) demonstration program, was proposed as…

NAHC Tells Congress to Support Key Health Programs for Elderly

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has joined with a group of like-minded organizations on a letter telling leaders of both Republicans and Democrats on the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives to step up their support for key programs that allow our nation’s elderly to age with dignity…

Drug Shortage Crisis Concerns Hospice, Draws Bipartisan Interest

The Food and Drug Administration identified 39 new drug and biological product shortages in 2017 and multiple ongoing shortages from previous years, a sharp increase from 2016, according to the FDA’s most recent annual report on the issue. The main problems were caused by a major manufacturer shutting down a production facility, and devastation caused…

Effective Date for the HH COPs Unchanged

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will NOT be issuing a delay the Home Health Conditions of Participation. (HHCoPs), according to a letter from CMS to the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). CMS responded to NAHC’s letter requesting an extension of the effective date for implementation to be the later of…

NAHC Urges CMS to Fix its Medicare Open Enrollment Outreach and Education

The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has joined like-minded organizations in sending a letter to Seema Verma, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), asking her to correct misleading public outreach and education around the current Medicare open enrollment. Open enrollment is an opportunity for beneficiaries to choose…