Relief Fund Payments for Medicaid Only Providers Released by HHS  June 10,2020 - In the latest home health news, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), via the Health Resources and Services Administration (HHA), has announced $15 billion dollars in additional distributions from the CARES Act "Provider Relief Fund," which is available to Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligible providers participating in state Medicaid and CHIP programs. The welcome news comes at a time where many agencies are still navigating the challenges of providing care ..read more

Minnesota EVV Info The Latest Minnesota EVV News & Updates The COVID-19 pandemic has caused shifts in both implementation dates and enforcement in many states as the homecare world adjusts to a more challenging work reality. Compliance with the parameters set forth by the 21st Century Cures Act and the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) is top of mind for agencies, however, a number of states requested good faith exceptions even prior to the Coronavirus pandemic. In this edition of the home health blog, we will look at the latest news on Minnesota EVV implementation ..read more

Patient Eligiblility for Home Health Services Under Medicare In the latest Home Health news, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a more straightfoward definition of the term "homebound" to be used when deciding if patients are eligible to receive home health services under Medicare. Homebound Criteria Per CMS, a patient is considered “confined to the home” or “homebound” if they meet the following two criteria: A patient must either need supportive devices such as crutches, a cane, a wheelchair, a walker; special transportation; or assistance from someone e ..read more

Florida Electronic Visit Verification Information The COVID-19 world pandemic has caused a ripple effect across the healthcare sector in the U.S and abroad. EVV, PDGM, and other regulatory changes which have recently gone into effect or were scheduled to go into effect have all been impacted.In this edition of the Home Health blog, we take a look at the latest on EVV in the state of Florida. Florida is considered an “Open Model” state, which essentially mean that care agency providers are free to select any system for EVV they choose, as long as the Florida EVV system they select collects the ..read more

Using Home Health Software Can Reduce Person-to-Person Contact & Facilitate Remote Work   Across the country these past several days, many states are implementing stay-at-home or essential-travel only orders for their citizens. For Home Health professionals, the encouragement to practice social distancing to protect ourselves, our families and our employees is of the utmost importance. With many of our nurses, clinicians, caregivers, and physicians at hospitals on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19, we send our full support and stand with you, and we want to do everything w ..read more

DMAS EVV Start Date  Virginia DMAS Changes Implementation Date for EVV to July 1, 2020 For the state of Virginia's Electronic Visit Verification implementation, the offical start date has been changed from April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2020 ..read more

Alora Covid-19 Information Preparation and what to expect from Alora March 17, 2020 At Alora, we value the safety of our employees and their families as well as the surrounding communities and have made the decision to close our Atlanta, GA corporate office in conjunction with school system closures in the area. The great news is that all of our staff are working remotely at full function, however callers may hear a little more activity in the backgrounds as our workers may have children at home due to this crisis. We apologize in advance and hope that our valued family of clients will un ..read more

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