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The Pennsylvania Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) will be hosting the Community of Practice for Supporting Families Regional Collaboratives Summit on August 14-15, 2024. The Regional Collaboratives for Supporting Families Summit will…
Harrisburg Happenings: Budget Update
July 31, 2023A full month has passed since the General Assembly failed to meet the deadline for a Fiscal Year 2023-24 General Fund Budget. There are a lot of questions surrounding the…
Visiting Angels Highlights Impact of PHA Home Care Grant – Have You Taken Advantage of this Program?
July 31, 2023Last week, PHA member Staci Rogers of Visiting Angels shared the following message with the PHA team: “We are so thankful for the PHA Home Care grant! Because of the…
Expanded HHVBP Model: July 2023 IPR Now Available
July 31, 2023The first quarterly Interim Performance Reports (IPRs) for the expanded HHVBP Model were published on the Internet Quality Improvement Evaluation System (iQIES) on July 20, 2023. The IPR provides HHAs…
Revised Form I-9 Available
July 31, 2023On August 1, 2023, a new Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9, will be available on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services official website. The new form is designed to be…
New CPS Service Resource Now Available MyODP
July 31, 2023The recording of the Clarifications and Guidance for the Community Participation Support (CPS) Service in the Intellectual Disability/Autism (ID/A) Waivers webinar is now available on MyODP. Clarification and guidance on the CPS service and…
MedPAC, MACPAC Release Annual Reports to Congress
July 30, 2023On June 15, 2023, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its 2023 June Report to Congress. The annual report primarily focuses on Medicare’s payment policies and provides recommendations on…
On July 19, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report detailing concerns about the prior authorization processes used by Medicaid Managed…
The July 2023 CMS OASIS Quarterly Q&As now are available in the OASIS Quarterly Q&As section of the CMS QTSO webpage. Ensure that your staff has the most up-to-date guidance and training on OASIS data…
CMS is providing notifications to hospices that were determined to be out of compliance with Quality Reporting Program (QRP) requirements for CY 2022, which will affect their FY 2024 Annual…
ODP Issues Home and Community-Based Settings Rule Assessments Licensing Results for FY 2021-22
July 24, 2023The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has released the second annual Home and Community-Based Settings Rule Assessments report, which contains licensing inspection data for inspections conducted during Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22. Key…
ODP Releases Third Edition of Gold Book
July 24, 2023The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) has released the third edition of The Gold Book to help families and individuals entering the supports and services system better understand, acclimate, and navigate the…
CY2024 Proposed Home Health Rule Includes Request for Information on Home Health Aide Services, Quality Measures
July 17, 2023CY2024 Proposed Home Health Rule Includes Request for Information on Home Health Aide Services, Quality MeasuresAs previously reported, CMS has published the CY2024 proposed home health rule for public comment….
CGS: Home Health and Hospice Billing When a New Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) Is Assigned
July 17, 2023A patient’s Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) number is required on all home health and hospice billing submitted to Medicare. There are times a home health admission or hospice election has…
Friday, June 30 marked the close of the Commonwealth’s fiscal year at which point the General Assembly and Governor are constitutionally obligated to come to an agreement on the upcoming…
What’s Happening in Washington
July 10, 2023PHA is excited to announce the reintroduction of the Preserving Access to Home Health Act (S. 2137). Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) reintroduced the bill from the…
Last week, the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…
DHS Issues Bulletin Updating Enrollment or Revalidation Process for Co-Located Providers
July 10, 2023As previously reported by PHA, in January the Department of Human Services (DHS) issued a Bulletin amending Title 55 of the Pennsylvania Code (Pa. Code) to reflect the final-form regulation allowing…
PHA Celebrates Deserving Caregivers at Direct Care Worker Forum + Congratulations to This Year’s Winners!
July 10, 2023On June 20, PHA and the Department of Aging recognized and celebrated deserving caregivers at the 2023 Direct Care Worker Forum. In total, 150 direct care workers from across the…
CGS has posted the top Q&As received during the “All You Need to Know About the Physician Certification of Terminal Illness (CTI)” training webinar held in May. See below for…
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently announced a new Fiscal Year 2025 audit for hospices. The audit will “focus on claims for enrollees who were…
On June 28, 2023, the Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) released updated attachments to Bulletin 00-22-03: Technical Guidance for Claim and Service Documentation. The updated attachments reflect changes in the January…
On June 15, 2023, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) issued a proposed update to the regulations of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA), which have not be substantially altered since…
As previously reported, the Department of Human Services has published proposed Adult Protective Services Regulations, intended to strengthen and clarify the statewide system of protective services to prevent, reduce, or eliminate the abuse, neglect, exploitation, or abandonment of adults aged…
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