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![]() This Week at CT Healthcare At Home
Legislative Update
Source: The Office of Governor Ned Lamont, Feb. 7, 2024
"We recently increased and expanded the property tax credit, reduced the car tax, and our state aid to municipalities is more than ever," Gov. Lamont said. "Our budget is doing more, but we must also focus on doing better. Local government spread across 169 towns and 200 school districts is too damn expensive."
News Update
Source: NAHC, Jan. 31, 2024
Health care providers must submit injury and illness reports to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), according to a final rule that became effective on Jan. 1, 2024. The rule amended its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation to require certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information to OSHA that employers are already required to keep under the recordkeeping regulation.
Source: NAHC, Feb. 5, 2024
In a promising bipartisan effort, the Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act, H.R. 7148, has been introduced by a coalition of legislators including Reps. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11), Dr. John Joyce (R-PA-13), Paul Tonko (D-NY-20), and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37). This crucial bill aims to revolutionize home health care by allowing occupational therapy (OT) to be ordered as a stand-alone service for Medicare beneficiaries.
Source: McKnights Home Care, Jan. 30, 2024
“The MA program is based on the premise that private insurance companies can and would administer Medicare coverage more cost-effectively—but it has failed to do so every single year,” Sens. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) stated in a letter.
Source: Home Health Care News, Jan. 26, 2024
Hospitals confront hurdles in guiding patients to appropriate post-discharge care amidst a surge in rejection rates for home health agencies. Concerns arise over timely access to care as CMS dismisses industry concerns, signaling potential reimbursement tie-ins to care speed. Rising rejection rates, coupled with declining Medicare users, underscore the need for attention to patient care continuity across the healthcare spectrum.
Source: Hospice News, Jan. 29, 2024
Palliative care is an evolving field. Though long-established as a medical specialty, these health care services have yet to reach their full potential due to reimbursement pressures, poor awareness and staffing headwinds.
However, in recent years palliative care has been gaining ground, as more payers, providers and patients begin to realize what these services can do for them in terms of reducing costs and improving outcomes.
Therefore, we can expect continued demand for palliative care, the slow evolution of payment models that could support further growth and more partnerships among providers across the continuum designed to boost utilization and slash expenditures.
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