Medicare Payments For Home Health Services

Author : National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309367561

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The Future of Home Health Care by National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence Pdf

Individuals with disabilities, chronic conditions, and functional impairments need a range of services and supports to keep living independently. However, there often is not a strong link between medical care provided in the home and the necessary social services and supports for independent living. Home health agencies and others are rising to the challenges of meeting the needs and demands of these populations to stay at home by exploring alternative models of care and payment approaches, the best use of their workforces, and technologies that can enhance independent living. All of these challenges and opportunities lead to the consideration of how home health care fits into the future health care system overall. On September 30 and October 1, 2014, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council convened a public workshop on the future of home health care. The workshop brought together a spectrum of public and private stakeholders and thought leaders to improve understanding of the current role of Medicare home health care in supporting aging in place and in helping high-risk, chronically ill, and disabled Americans receive health care in their communities. Through presentations and discussion, participants explored the evolving role of Medicare home health care in caring for Americans in the future, including how to integrate Medicare home health care into new models for the delivery of care and the future health care marketplace. The workshop also considered the key policy reforms and investments in workforces, technologies, and research needed to leverage the value of home health care to support older Americans, and research priorities that can help clarify the value of home health care. This summary captures important points raised by the individual speakers and workshop participants.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Home care services
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127339856

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Medicare Home Health Care by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Home care services
ISBN : UIUC:30112033960367

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Simulations of a Medicare Prospective Payment System for Home Health Care by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Health Care Financing Administration. Office of Research, Demonstrations, and Statistics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Aged
ISBN : IND:30000131162103

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Medicare, Use of Home Health Services by United States. Health Care Financing Administration. Office of Research, Demonstrations, and Statistics Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Health
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Aged
ISBN : LOC:00003118691

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Medicare Payments for Home Health Services by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Health Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Medical
ISBN : LOC:00060351491

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Medicare Home Health Care, Skilled Nursing Facility, and Other Postacute Care Payment Policies by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health Pdf

Author : William J. Scanlon
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0756702976

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Medicare Home Health Care by William J. Scanlon Pdf

Medicare spending for home health care rose from $3.7 billion in 1990 to $17.8 billion in 1997, making it one of the fastest growing components of the program. To control spending, Congress passed an act which required HHS to develop a prospective payment system to replace cost-based payments for home health agencies. This report: documents the objectives, findings, & costs of the research & demonstration projects the Health Care Finance Admin. has funded that were related to the design of the prospective payment system; & assesses how these projects contributed to the proposed prospective payment system design & determines which design decisions were based on incomplete information. Charts & tables.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : STANFORD:36105064034239

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Hearing on MedPAC's March Report on Medicare Payment Policies by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health Pdf

Author : Viktor Persson
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Home care services
ISBN : 1628087862

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Medicare Home Health Benefit by Viktor Persson Pdf

The Medicare home health benefit provides coverage for home visits by skilled health care professionals. To be eligible for the home health benefit, a beneficiary must meet three different criteria. The beneficiary must (1) be homebound, (2) require intermittent skilled nursing care and/or skilled rehabilitation services, and (3) be under the care of a physician who has established that the home health visits are medically necessary in a 60-day plan of care. A beneficiary who meets these requirements is entitled to a 60-day episode of Medicare coverage for home health visits, and is then entitled to an unlimited number of 60-day episodes so long as he or she continues to meet the eligibility requirements. There is no cost-sharing requirement for home health services. Roughly 9.6% of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries (or 3.4 million individuals) used home health services in 2010. Home health services are provided through home health agencies (HHAs), most of which (90%) are freestanding -- HHAs not affiliated with an institution such as a hospital or a nursing facility. The number of HHAs participating in Medicare grew by 57% between 2000 and 2010 (from 7,528 to roughly 11,800), with a vast majority of the increase in for-profit freestanding HHAs. This book describes home health eligibility criteria, home health services, characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries who use home health services, and home health providers. Further, this book describes in detail the Medicare home health prospective payment system (HH PPS), provides an overview of Medicare home health payments, and discusses issues for Congress related to the Medicare home health benefit.

Author : United States. Health Care Financing Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Home care services
ISBN : UFL:31262048035405

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Medicare, Home Health Agency Manual by United States. Health Care Financing Administration Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428972148

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Medicare home health care : prospective payment system could reverse recent declines in spending : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Home care services
ISBN : IND:30000090348966

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Home Health Care Benefits Under Medicare and Medicaid, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : Institute of Medicine,Division of Health Care Services,Committee on Improving Quality in Long-Term Care
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001-02-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309132749

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Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care by Institute of Medicine,Division of Health Care Services,Committee on Improving Quality in Long-Term Care Pdf

Among the issues confronting America is long-term care for frail, older persons and others with chronic conditions and functional limitations that limit their ability to care for themselves. Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care takes a comprehensive look at the quality of care and quality of life in long-term care, including nursing homes, home health agencies, residential care facilities, family members and a variety of others. This book describes the current state of long-term care, identifying problem areas and offering recommendations for federal and state policymakers. Who uses long-term care? How have the characteristics of this population changed over time? What paths do people follow in long term care? The committee provides the latest information on these and other key questions. This book explores strengths and limitations of available data and research literature especially for settings other than nursing homes, on methods to measure, oversee, and improve the quality of long-term care. The committee makes recommendations on setting and enforcing standards of care, strengthening the caregiving workforce, reimbursement issues, and expanding the knowledge base to guide organizational and individual caregivers in improving the quality of care.

Author : Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Hospitals
ISBN : UOM:39015041889521

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Report to the Congress, Medicare Payment Policy by Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (U.S.) Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Human-Systems Integration,Committee on the Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309156295

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The Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Human-Systems Integration,Committee on the Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care Pdf

The rapid growth of home health care has raised many unsolved issues and will have consequences that are far too broad for any one group to analyze in their entirety. Yet a major influence on the safety, quality, and effectiveness of home health care will be the set of issues encompassed by the field of human factors research-the discipline of applying what is known about human capabilities and limitations to the design of products, processes, systems, and work environments. To address these challenges, the National Research Council began a multidisciplinary study to examine a diverse range of behavioral and human factors issues resulting from the increasing migration of medical devices, technologies, and care practices into the home. Its goal is to lay the groundwork for a thorough integration of human factors research with the design and implementation of home health care devices, technologies, and practices. On October 1 and 2, 2009, a group of human factors and other experts met to consider a diverse range of behavioral and human factors issues associated with the increasing migration of medical devices, technologies, and care practices into the home. This book is a summary of that workshop, representing the culmination of the first phase of the study.