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 This Week at CT Healthcare At Home
News UpdateSource: CT News Junkie, January 8, 2025
HARTFORD, CT – In his seventh State of the State address to a joint session of the Connecticut General Assembly, Gov. Ned Lamont’s message was clear: he wants to focus on initiatives that will make the state more affordable while also providing more opportunities for state residents.
“As always, our north stars are affordability and opportunity, holding down costs of energy and healthcare and education, allowing you to keep more of what you earn and providing you the tools to let you earn more, buy a home, start a business,” Lamont said in his opening comments.
Alliance Daily | Jan. 14, 2025
Many employers with more than 10 employees are required to keep a record of serious work-related injuries and illnesses. Some health care and home care companies must electronically submit injury and illness reports to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) annually through OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA). The deadline for submission of the 2024 data is March 2, 2025.
Source: Alliance Daily, January 9, 2025
In the January 8, 2025, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Home Health, Hospice, & DME Open Door Forum (ODF), CMS erred in its response to a question about the use of telehealth for the home health face-to-face encounter. Specifically, CMS asserted that telehealth could not be used for the home health face-to-face encounter and that it must be completed in person. This is not correct. As previously reported, the waiver of the geographic and originating site restrictions allowing for the home health face-to-face encounter to be performed via telehealth in the patient’s home and in any geographic location was extended until March 31, 2025, as part of the American Relief Act 2025. While the fight continues to extend or make permanent this flexibility, and that for hospice, telehealth may be used for the face-to-face encounter at this time. The Alliance has requested CMS make a correction. Source: Hospice News, January 10, 2025
Hospice News spoke with a group of industry leaders about the most pressing market forces and trends that will shape the space during 2025.
Their comments carried some common threads, including rising demand for care in the home, continued labor pressures, industry consolidation and intensifying regulatory scrutiny. They also spoke about the need for greater integration of hospice into the larger health care continuum and the benefits of operators broadening their scope of services.
Source: Alliance Daily, January 10, 2025
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted the first Home Health, Hospice and DME Open Door Forum for the new year on January 8, 2025. During the forum call, CMS reviewed several items that are important for home health and hospice providers. This article will cover items of interest to hospice providers.
An summary of the home health news from the Open Door Forum will be published on Monday, January 13. Source: Alliance Daily, January 13, 2025
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted the first Home Health, Hospice and DME Open Door Forum for the new year on January 8, 2025. During the forum call CMS reviewed several items that are important for home health providers.
Alliance Daily published a summary of the hospice-relevant portions of the Open Door Forum on Friday, January 10, 2025.
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