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Friday, November 12, 2021

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Latest Legal and Legislative COVID-19 Developments: Pandemic’s Impact on Home Care Industry Today and Tomorrow

Join a couple of the industry’s top attorneys to learn more about the most recent pandemic-related legal and legislative developments impacting the home-based care industry and what they mean for your business and clients right now and for years to come.

Home Health

Provider pays $18.5M to resolve face to face, other Medicare claim allegations

Pennsylvania home health and hospice provider Geisinger Community Health Services (GCHS) will pay $18.5 million to resolve allegations of civil liability for submitting claims to Medicare for services that violated Medicare rules and regulations, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. After it discovered the problems, GCHS took corrective action …

Skilled Nursing Facility

Tips for Training Employees Against Cyberattacks

The COVID-19 outbreak has affected almost every area of our pre-pandemic “normal” lives including more telework, a surging demand for toilet paper, and a shrinking workforce, just to name a few. Almost no industry has been spared when it comes to the contagious disease’s impact. In particular, cyberattacks are on the rise in nearly every …

Featured Product

HHVBP coming in 2022: Start preparing now

Secure a 5% bonus when Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) goes national as proposed for 2022. Gather your staff for this live webinar on November 16 and receive easy-to-follow tips for moving the needle on those key outcomes that drive scores in HHVBP. Get details at: https://store.decisionhealth.com/hhvbp-bonuses.

Home Health

LHC Group: Pandemic, hurricane exacerbates Q3 staffing challenges

In a message to investors last month, LHC Group noted the impact that the pandemic and Hurricane Ida had on results in the third quarter. The combination of Hurricane Ida and clinicians on quarantine led to a sequential decline of 1.5% in average daily home health census from 85,553 in the second quarter of 2021 …

Private Duty

How to Get Started Supporting Caregivers

There are more than 53 million caregivers in the United States – and from the legislation at the federal and local levels, they are emerging as the new protected class of workers. And it’s about time. For decades, caregivers have been neglected in the workplace. Millions have found themselves ineligible for protection under federal law …