Home Health Groups Ask Supreme Court to Stop Wage Rules
In an 11th-hour move, home health associations have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in before federal minimum wage and overtime rules go into effect for home health workers. (Mary Kate Nelson/Home Health Care News)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 6, 2015)—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a preliminary list of what they consider rural zip codes. The rural areas in these ZIP codes will receive a ten percent add-on when competitive bidding rates go into effect nationwide on January 1, 2016.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (October 6, 2015)—Providers have been anxious to see the final rates for the national pricing rollout scheduled to begin January 1, 2016. CMS posted the first of the preliminary files today, but still no final rates yet (October 6th).

WATERLOO, Iowa (October 2, 2015)—Ron Turzy is the new vice president of complex rehab for U.S. Rehab.

In this role, he will work with the U.S. Rehab outcomes program and seek national complex rehab insurance contracts. He previously worked with Homelink and U.S. Rehab.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 30, 2015)—The “golden commode” era is part of HME’s distant past, but leadership in the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) may well be entering a golden age. Call it a critical mass of knowledge, experience, and the right mix of optimism and realism.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 30, 2015)—Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) continues to seek co-sponsors for H.R. 3229, legislation to protect access to complex rehab wheelchair accessories by preventing the application of prices derived from the Medicare competitive bidding program. Currently, the co-sponsor tally stands at 18.