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CMS Proposes ‘36-Month Rule’ to Curb Hospice License ‘Flipping’

Hospice News

We saw this same problem in home health a few years ago, and CMS made regulations aimed at preventing it, including a rule that said a home health provider couldn’t sell their business unless they had owned it for at least 36 months.” If finalized, this would mirror the current regulation for home health providers.

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Ep.6: How to Build the Right Environment for Client Referral Growth

Home Care Pulse

Melanie Stover ( 07:55 ): And, and the biggest challenge with that is that in-home care needs to elevate their conversations with their marketers. So in the home health world, in the hospice world, we’ll take on one or two patients and do some per visit activity. I took on patients on my way home from the rehab.

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Ep.17: How Home Care Agencies Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Home Care Pulse

Michelle Cone ( 03:28 ): So, you know, at its most basic level, it really allows home care agencies to monitor and promote the quality of care that they provide to their clients with actual quantitative data. Readmissions have been tracked and monitored by c M S for over a decade now.