Home Health Care News November 15, 2024
The Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) is backing home care-focused legislation introduced by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH).
The Continuous Skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Act (S.4122) was introduced back in April, and would redefine “private duty nursing services” as “continuous skilled nursing services.” It would also require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to move to establish national quality standards of care for these services.
“The care provided by continuous skilled nursing allows patients to remain at home while getting the care they need,” Hassan said in an April press release. “Medicaid standards should reflect the unique work of nurses who provide complex one-on-one care to individuals at home. I am glad...
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