Home Health & Hospice Week

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Medicare Officials Move Forward With Plans For Home Health Agency 5-Star Rating System

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is moving ahead with plans to rate home health agencies based on a star system. Background: In a December Special Op-en Door Forum, CMS outlined its preliminary plans to get the star rating system up and running for HHAs as early as this summer (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXIV, No. 2). The outcomes [...]
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