Home Health

This section contains important advocacy and regulatory information for nonprofit Medicare-certified home health service providers reimbursed under Medicare Parts A and B, Medicare Advantage and the Veterans Administration. LeadingAge provides updates on funding and regulations that impact Medicare Certified home health, research reports released about Medicare Certified home health, and resources and information to assist not for profit Medicare Certified home health providers to operate quality services and remain financially viable in a competitive market.

  1. Revisions and Interpretive Guidance for Emergency Preparedness Requirements

    In a burden reduction rule finalized in September 2019, CMS revised requirements for emergency preparedness for all providers. These requirements ...

  2. MedPAC Shares Draft Payment Recommendations

    As in the recent past, MedPAC continues to offer payment reductions as recommendations for home health, hospice, and skilled nursing facilities. Skilled Nursing

  3. Workforce Shortages: Bold Solutions from LeadingAge

    The IMAGINE initiative offers a path forward for policy makers who want to help providers of aging services address growing workforce challenges.

  4. So You Want to be a Special Needs Plan: Perspectives from the Field

    A number of LeadingAge members are asking that question. In response, the Center for Managed Care Solutions & Innovations at LeadingAge compiled observations and advice from several sources, including consultants who specialize in this area and members that are pursuing or have implemented their own SNP strategy. The main ...

  5. LeadingAge Debuts IMAGINE: Workforce Initiative for an Aging America

    Contact: Lisa Sanders lsanders@leadingage.org / 202-508-9407  December 5, 2019 Washington D.C. -- LeadingAge, the association of mission-driven, aging-focused organizations, today announces the release of the ...