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Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Medicaid's 80/20 Rule: New Restrictions on Funding for Home and Community Based Services

In spring 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the Medicaid access rule, which includes a provision that requires that 80% of Medicaid payments for most Medicaid-funded home health aide,...more

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The 80/20 Rule is Here: CMS Finalizes HCBS Care Worker Payment Requirements

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In May 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposed a series of rule changes intended to help promote the availability of home and community-based services (“HCBS”) for Medicaid beneficiaries. Chief...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

CMS Continues Transparency Efforts for Home Health and Hospice

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on April 27, 2023, that it will publicly release all ownership information of home health and hospice agencies. This move is aimed at increasing transparency and...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

CMS Proposes New Rule that Would Require 80% of Payment to Go Toward Home Care Worker Compensation

On April 27, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (Proposed Rule) which would, among other things, establish...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

The Department of Labor’s Caregiver Wage Initiative May Fall Short of Its Goal Unless It Also Focuses on The Funding Provided to...

On November 23, 2021, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced an education, outreach and enforcement initiative to ensure employers pay professional caregivers minimum wage and overtime in accordance with...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Long-Term Care in the Time of COVID-19: Part Two - June 16th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Examine the Immediate Issues and Opportunities Facing Long-Term Care Providers—and Look Ahead at How to Build a Stronger Future—at a New Webinar Series From Manatt Health. The nation’s nursing homes, assisted-living...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Long-Term Care in the Time of COVID-19: Part One - June 8th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Caring for Recipients, Protecting the Workforce and Supporting Provider Sustainability - Examine the Immediate Issues and Opportunities Facing Long-Term Care Providers—and Look Ahead at How to Build a Stronger Future—at a...more

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CMS Blocks Union Dues Deductions from Certain Home Care Workers’ Paychecks

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On July 5, 2019, a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) regulation (proposed by the Trump administration in July 2018) went into effect, prohibiting automatic union dues deductions from paychecks of home health...more

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Looming Deadline for Electronic Check-in for Home Care Workers Raises Concerns

Starting in 2019, providers of home health care services will be required to clock in electronically with Medicaid prior to performing services. However, disability rights advocates and a bipartisan group of senators are...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Appeals Court Upholds DOL Changes to Home Care Worker Exemption

In a major defeat for the home health care industry, on August 21, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision that had blocked issuance of an interpretation making thousands of currently exempt workers...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Connecticut Enacts Health Care Legislation in June Special Session

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On June 29 and 30, 2015, the Connecticut General Assembly conducted a special legislative session following the close of the 2015 regular session. Among other things, the General Assembly passed a bill to implement the state...more

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CMS Proposes Initiative to Tie Home Health Payments to Quality Performance

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On July 10, 2015, CMS published in the Federal Register the CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule effective for episodes ending on or after January 1, 2016. CMS estimates that the net impact of the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Health Update - July 2015

Lessons From the Frontlines: Strategies for Supporting Informed Consumer Decision-Making in the Health Insurance Marketplace - Editor's Note: As marketplaces prepare for the third open enrollment period, consumers are...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Recent OIG Audits of Home Health and Hospice Surveys May Signal Increased Scrutiny on Worker Qualifications

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Recent audits by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) conclude that state survey agencies in a number of states and a leading national accrediting agency serving the home health and...more

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State Law Can Override Control Test for Employment

Past articles in this blog have discussed the control test for establishing an employment relationship as opposed to independent contractor status. Although government agencies such as the Department of Labor or IRS describe...more

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