Tag: Mary Carr

Can’t-Miss NAHC Webinar on Medicare Home Health Final Rule for 2020

Release of the final rule is one of the most important events of the year in home health and on October 31, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the 2020 Medicare Home Health Final Rule. It is critical that you and your staff understand what the final rule means for your…

The 2020 Home Health Proposed Rule is Big News! This Free Webinar Will Explain What it Means for You

Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its proposed rule for the 2020 payment model, PDGM, including rates of payment to start on January 1, 2020. There is some big news in the proposed rule and NAHC will explain what it means for your agency. The webinar Medicare Home Health Proposed…

The 2020 Medicare Home Health Proposed Rule is Big News — this Webinar Will Explain What it Means for You

Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its proposed rule for the 2020 payment model, PDGM, including rates of payment to start on January 1, 2020. There is some big news in the proposed rule and NAHC will explain what it means for your agency. The webinar Medicare Home Health Proposed…

Get Critical Insights into the CMS Interpretative Guidelines for the Home Health Conditions of Participation!

In September 2018 NAHC presented a webinar on the CMS interpretative guidelines for the home health conditions of participation (HHCoP) and the response was overwhelming. In fact, we were actually overwhelmed with more requests to join the webinar than we could handle at the time. Therefore, we will be re-running the webinar for members-only on…

Education at Day 3 of the NAHC Conference Shows You How to Keep Your Agency on the Right Side

Health care is perhaps the most-regulated industry in the United States and staying on the right side of all the laws and regulations that exist can seem like a bigger job than actually caring for patients. Fortunately for those who attended the 2018 Home Care and Hospice Conference and Expo in Grapevine, Texas, the experts…

Get Critical Insights into the CMS Interpretative Guidelines for the Home Health Conditions of Participation!

CMS has issued the long awaited Interpretive Guidelines on the Home Health Conditions of Participation (HHCoPs), which went into effect on January 13, 2018. These HHCoPs contain the first major revision of several areas since 1989. The rule expands standards for patient rights, care planning, and care coordination, and creates two new requirements — one for a quality…

NAHC Webinar on New CMS Proposed Home Health Rule on Friday

The National Association for Home Health & Hospice (NAHC) will be holding a webinar on the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed home health rule and the Patient Directed Grouping Model (PDGM) from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Eastern on Friday, July 13. The webinar is free to everyone, both NAHC members…

NAHC’s Mary Carr on the Regulatory Outlook for Home Care

Mary Carr, Vice President for Regulatory Affairs at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) spoke to Annie Erstling of Forcura about home care regulation. Mary picks the one home health regulation she would most like to see simplified and urges agencies, particularly smaller ones, to join a home care association in order…