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Take Advantage of Congress' Summer District Work Period
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Aug 3rd, 2009
When Congress leaves Washington for their Summer District Work Period this August they are expecting to hear from constituents about healthcare reform –let’s not disappoint them! Many healthcare industries will be mobilizing their grassroots this recess, making it necessary that we are even more...
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Home Health Prospective Payment (HHPPS) System Update: CY 2010
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Aug 3rd, 2009
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule for home health payment adjustments on July 30. Comments must be received September 28, 2009, no later than 5 p.m. The proposed rule, along with details on how to comment, is posted at...
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Message from the VNAA President and CEO
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Feb 2nd, 2009
Last week, at its first meeting of 2009, the VNAA Board of Directors set the stage for VNAs to position themselves squarely in the limelight during the upcoming healthcare reform debate. With a new Administration and Congress planning to overhaul key components of the healthcare delivery and...
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MedPAC Recommends Deep Home Health Payment Cuts, Reform
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Jan 12th, 2009
In a series of unanimous votes on three specific recommendations, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommended that Congress and CMS cut home health payments in 2010 and rebase the payment system to actual costs in 2011. The first recommendation includes a freeze of the home health...
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Special Alert: MedPAC Considers Home Healthcare Cuts
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Dec 8th, 2008
MedPAC Staff Recommendation: Freeze or Cut
The December 4, meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), its staff proposed two options relating to home health payments in 2010: either a zero update or a negative update of up to 5%. Over the course of the presentation, it became...
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Member VNAs Meet With CMS on Future of Home Health PPS
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Aug 25th, 2008
A delegation of member VNAs met with the senior career staff at the Baltimore Headquarters of CMS on August 20, to describe the challenges facing mission-driven VNAs under Medicare Home Health PPS and to suggest changes to the current program. Mary Ann Christopher (VNA of Central N.J.), Eric Rein...
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