The Top 10 Home Health Care News Stories Of 2024
Home Health Care News December 18, 2024
Major deals hit snags. Home health cuts continued. Regulatory noise came in from all sides, in Medicare and in Medicaid.
All of those realities made their way into Home Health Care News’ most popular stories for the year.
In order to summarize the 2024 that providers had, HHCN is revisiting 10 of its most widely read stories.
1. Home Care Industry Slams Finalized 80-20 Rule, Warns Agency Closures Are Coming (April 22)
When the “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” rule was finalized in April, after first being proposed in 2023, all eyes were on the 80-20 provision.
The provision requires 80% of Medicaid payments for home- and community-based services (HCBS) to be reserved for caregiver wages, with some caveats. The...