Effective July 1, 2023, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) is consolidating multiple personal care and private duty nursing services into single procedure codes for personal care, private duty nursing and enhanced nursing. These service consolidations are being made to reduce the administrative burden for providers and support improved access to care. These changes affect State Plan private duty nursing services and services provided through home and community-based service (HCBS) waiver programs.
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HCAOA is urging ALL member agencies to complete a brief survey by the end of the day this Friday, June 16 to help our association advocate on your behalf regarding CMS’ new proposed rule that would require agencies to allocate 80% of their Medicaid reimbursement to worker wages. While the survey contains Medicaid related questions, HCAOA asks that ALL agencies respond regardless of whether or not they do Medicaid-related work.
This month, CMS released a set of resources designed to support state Medicaid and partner agencies that play critical roles in designing and delivering supports and services that meet the current and future needs of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their aging parents and caregivers.
Tomorrow, Thursday May 25, at 11:00 a.m. EST, HCAOA and the Association for Home Care and Hospice of North Carolina will hold a webinar to discuss CMS’ recently proposed rules and the development of HCAOA’s comments. Register now to hear Matthew W. Wolfe, of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC provide the overview of the proposed rule and the development of HCAOA’s comments, which are due July 3, 2023.
Tomorrow from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m., EST, home care providers are invited to join the West Virginia Bureau for Medical Services’ partner Myers & Stauffer to learn about the cost reporting process as the project to set Medicaid services rates for waivers begins on May 25, 2023.
On May 25, at 11:00 a.m. EST, HCAOA and the Association for Home Care and Hospice of North Carolina will hold a webinar to discuss CMS’s recently proposed rules and the development of HCAOA’s comments. Matthew W. Wolfe, of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC will provide the overview of the proposed rule.
With so much activity related to home care policy happening in Hartford, Connecticut Chapter Lobbyist Matthew Hallisey has provided the following updates:
HCAOA joins the White House, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Administration for Community Living (ACL), and other groups in recognizing the valuable contributions of older Americans this month. Their hard work, commitment to our country, and devotion to their families have helped shape our nation into what it is today.
Late last month, the Connecticut Department of Social Services proposed a rate increase designed to offset the increase in the state’s minimum hourly wage in the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE). According to a Notice of Proposed Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA), DSS submitted the SPA to CMS, effective July 1, 2022, to increase the rates by 5.2% for various specified codes within the state plan home and community-based services option under section 1915(i) of the Social Security Act portion of CHCPE. The purpose of the SPA is to reflect that providers of specified section 1915(i) CHCPE services have increased costs in paying higher wages to certain staff to comply with the July 1, 2022, increase in the state’s minimum wage to $14 per hour. Provider fee schedules are accessible and can be downloaded via DSS’s Connecticut Medical Assistance Program homepage.
By Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq.
Case managers/discharge planners continue to come under fire from fraud enforcers for violations of the federal anti-kickback statute. This statute generally prohibits anyone from either offering to give or actually giving anything to anyone in order to induce referrals. Case managers/discharge planners who violate the anti-kickback statute may be subject to criminal prosecution that could result in prison sentences, among other consequences.
Last week, the Biden Administration announced that more than $40 billion in American Rescue Plan funds have been committed to strengthening and expanding the nation’s workforce, including $9 billion for the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) workforce.
Late last month, the Connecticut Department of Social Services proposed a rate increase designed to offset the increase in the state’s minimum hourly wage in the Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE). According to a Notice of Proposed Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA), DSS submitted the SPA to CMS, effective July 1, 2022, to increase the rates by 5.2% for various specified codes within the state plan home and community-based services option under section 1915(i) of the Social Security Act portion of CHCPE.
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