American Occupational Therapy Association

$1.4 Trillion Spending Package Extends Sequestration Holiday, Grants Home Health OTs More Authority

American Occupational Therapy Association, AOTA, Featured, Home Health Care, Hospice, LeadingAge, Legislation, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, Personal Home Care / December 22, 2020 December 22, 2020

As different health care stakeholders combed through the new $1.4 trillion spending package approved by Congress on Monday, many likely felt a mix of excitement and disappointment. Included in the nearly 6,000-page spending package was a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill, changes to home health therapy rules, certain hospice provisions and more. That’s really just …

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Stimulus Money, Therapy Changes and COVID-19 Strategies: Top Home Health Stories of 2020

American Occupational Therapy Association, American Physical Therapy Association, CMS, HHS, Home Health Care, myCNAjobs, National Association for Home Care & Hospice / December 17, 2020 December 17, 2020

The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) was supposed to define home health care in 2020. Instead, this year was almost entirely shaped by COVID-19, a point that’s reinforced by the most widely read stories on Home Health Care News. Of the top-10 stories on HHCN in 2020, eight were related to coronavirus coverage. From the first …