Category Archives: Home Health
PHE Extended but Experts Urge Planning for the End
After some speculation about the end on April 16th to the public health emergency enacted since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services just extended the PHE for another 90 days. However, experts have … Read Full Post
Knowledge is Power: The Basics for Launching a Long-term Care-related Business (updated)
The third installment in our series aimed to give new entrepreneurs knowledge and power expands on the prior messages. Not a week goes by without someone inquiring about how to open a long-term care related business. Whether it’s because of … Read Full Post
Nurse Registry – The “it” License
The field of consulting definitely has ups and downs but since the tail end of 2021, inquiries on nurse registries (NR) have exploded at CCG. In one day this month, our company signed up four new NR clients! The pros … Read Full Post
US DOL Recovers $126K from Home Health Agency
Wage and Hour issues are serious business, which is why we ran a blog series last year on related topics. A Connecticut home health agency was ordered to pay back wages for OT violations and for improperly deducting fees for … Read Full Post
Home Health: Notice of Admission (NOA) Reason Code 32114
CMS has informed stakeholders of a system glitch with regard to the Notice of Admission (NOA) submitted through EMC. It seems that the provider nine-digit zip code is causing an error and this is not anticipated to be fixed until … Read Full Post
The On-Again, Off-Again Vax Mandate
If those of us in healthcare are having a tough time keeping straight whether the mandates are on or off, imagine the rest of the country! As of this writing, they are on. Kind of. Feel free to read through … Read Full Post
Court Blocks Healthcare Vaccine Mandate Across the Nation – Now What?
No doubt you’ve seen a headline or two, announcing that the vaccine mandate for healthcare workers is on hold, but you may not understand the reasons for the delay or how to proceed during this waiting game. Fortunately, our friends … Read Full Post
Free webinar on Notice of Admission (NOA) for Home Health
Our colleagues at Imark Billing posted an excellent webinar on the Notice of Admission, which takes effect in January. As our clients know, CCG does not handle home health billing. We refer clients to Imark, and Lynn Labarta in particular, … Read Full Post
Florida Businesses Now Required to Report Earnings of Independent Contractors
If you read the headline above and concluded there was nothing new, like us, you’d be wrong. Effective October 1st, Fisher & Phillips explains that a new Florida law requires “any service provider” – not just businesses – to report … Read Full Post
Home Health: From RAP to NOA
The changes to home care continue and all of us in healthcare are certainly accustomed to the alphabet soup of our industry. Here’s a new one: NOA, or Notice of Admission. If you’ve been in home care a while, you … Read Full Post