WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 2, 2016)—The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare—a coalition of home health providers dedicated to improving the integrity, quality, and efficiency of home health care for our nation's seniors—has expressed disappointment that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proceeding with the implementation of the pre-claim review demonstration applicable to all home health agencies in the state of Illinois on August 1.

NEW YORK (July 27, 2016)—QIRT (Quality In Real Time), provider of home health and hospice coding, consulting, billing and education services, announced the acquisition of Woodrow Healthcare Consulting, LLC (WHC). WHC specializes in providing consulting services in operations, clinical excellence, quality assurance, revenue accuracy, outcomes management, sales and marketing, strategic planning, business development and coding and OASIS reviews for homecare and hospice agencies.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (July 27, 2016)—TwelveStone Health Partners, a leader in providing patient support in the post-acute care environment including pharmacy and a wide range of medical supplies and services, has named Joel Wilmoth a business development specialist, serving the southeast Middle Tennessee region, including Bedford, Bledsoe, Cannon, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Marshall, Marion, Moore, Sequatchie, Van Buren and Warren counties.