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The Pennsylvania Homecare Association (PHA) recently received the Direct Care Worker Job Quality Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry. This grant will fund the new Direct Care Worker Mentorship…
National Nurses Week is a time to celebrate and recognize the unwavering commitment of nurses who make a significant impact on home-based care. This year, PHA is delighted to announce…
Effective May 1, CMS has approved amendments to ODP’s Consolidated, Person/Family Directed Support (P/FDS), Community Living, and Adult Autism Waivers allowing providers to request a one-time supplemental payment to cover recruitment, retention,…
Managed Care Program Annual Report (MCPAR)
May 13, 2024MCPAR information is now posted on the CHC website along with External Quality Review reports at CHC-Publications (pa.gov). MCPAR information is a summary of Medicaid managed care (MMC) and CHIP external…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Community Living (ACL), announced a final rule to establish the first federal regulations for Adult Protective Services (APS). The…
Representatives Jessica Benham (D-Allegheny) and Jason Ortitay (R-Allegheny, Washington) recently issued a co-sponsorship memorandum titled “Agency Accountability and Livable Wages for PA’s Home Care Workers.” While PHA supports the request…
On May 3, 2024, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the following revisions to the State Operations Manual (SOM): These revisions are effective immediately; however, state survey agency…
House Labor and Industry Committee Holds Informational Hearing on the Nursing Workforce Crisis
May 13, 2024An informational hearing conducted by the House Labor and Industry Committee on the Nursing Workforce Crisis delved into the pressing challenges faced by the nursing workforce in Pennsylvania. Here are…
GAO Releases Medicare Hospice Report Recommending CMS to Implement Statutory Provisions and Prioritize Certain Overdue Surveys
May 13, 2024On May 8, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its anticipated report, Medicare Hospice: CMS Needs to Fully Implement Statutory Provisions and Prioritize Certain Overdue Surveys. This report found that CMS…
Offering affordable solutions for your health insurance needs and the keys to maximize your employee benefits program, including voluntary offerings, PHA provides its members access to My Benefit Advisor. As…
On April 30, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing titled “Legislative Proposals to Increase Medicaid Access and Improve Program Integrity” that included discussions regarding…
Health Partners Plan As mentioned in last week’s edition of Connections, PHA continues to hear from members in the Physical HealthChoices program regarding delayed payments due to the impacts of…
HHAeXchange and the Pennsylvania Homecare Association worked collaboratively to make a needed change to an existing report in the FREE portal version of the HHAeXchange platform. This change allows providers…
The Biden-Harris Administration finalized a rule regarding salary thresholds for exempting certain employees from federal overtime pay requirements. The rule, titled “Defining and Delimiting Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside…
Pa. House Human Services Committee Informational Hearing on the ODP: Proposal for Performance-Based Contracting
May 6, 2024The Pa. House Human Services Committee convened an informational meeting to discuss the Pennsylvania Office of Development Programs (ODP) proposal regarding performance-based contracting for residential services. This proposal aims to…
According to research, 97% of employees have career-limiting habits that keep them from achieving their full potential at work. Those habits may be wholly unconscious, developed over decades. The key…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a final rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), restoring provisions concerning non-discrimination that were previously removed…
The Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Quality Dataset was first implemented in 2022 with the intent establishing a national quality framework that allows for standardization of quality measurement and improvement activities…
The Preliminary April 2024 Interim Performance Reports (IPRs) for the expanded HHVBP Model have been published on the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES). The quarterly IPRs provide HHAs…
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