Dear CAHSAH Members, Enhancing emergency response in Home Health in times of emergency events and collaboration among health care providers plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety and well-being of patients receiving home health services and for our staff providing those services. By... Continue Reading
We are a Medicare Certified Home Health Agency and would like to know if we need to notify CMS if we use contracted staff for home health services? Answer: California passed AB 5 which requires that all contracted staff, with the exception of physicians, must be employed by the entity... Continue Reading
Calling All Leaders – Attend This Week’s CAHSAH Administrator Certificate Programs This will be the only opportunity this year to join us for CAHSAH’s Administrator Certificate programs for either hospice or home health or both at the beautiful Caesars Palace Las Vegas, July 30... Continue Reading
Getting to know Shaun Clinkinbeard President / Administrator / Owner Partners In Care Partners In Care Hospice www.picseniorcare.com www.pichospice.com What prompted you to enter the field of home care/home health or hospice? ... Continue Reading
With the Legislature’s July Summer Recess now behind us, the Assembly and Senate begin their mad dash to complete the 2023-24 legislative session and get back to their districts to prepare for the November General Election. The August 16 deadline for fiscal committees to report bills to... Continue Reading
Bill Number Description Location H.R. 547 Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI] S. 100 Sen. Robert P. Casey, Jr. [D-PA] Better Care Better Jobs Act: This bill establishes programs and provides funds for state Medicaid programs to improve home- and community-based services... Continue Reading
Bill Number Description Position Location AB 2185 (Jackson D) Employment Agencies: Domestic Workers: Would enact important consumer protections that would prohibit Domestic Referral Agencies from collecting fees directly from home care clients to pay home care workers.... Continue Reading
By Elizabeth Hogue, Esq. Three home health agencies and their parent company in Cincinnati, Ohio, must pay $4,496,330 to resolve alleged violations of the federal False Claims Act by providing kickbacks to assisted living facilities in exchange for referrals of Medicare patients. The settlement... Continue Reading
CAHSAH is pleased to report on two big advocacy achievements! First, is a recent budget action in which the California Legislature voted to approve the Managed Care Organization (MCO) Provider Tax package that provides a $62 million dollar investment in private duty nursing (PDN), which will... Continue Reading
Calling All Leaders – Attend Next Week’s CAHSAH Administrator Certificate Programs This will be the only opportunity this year to join us for CAHSAH’s Administrator Certificate programs for either hospice or home health or both at the beautiful Caesars Palace Las Vegas, July 30... Continue Reading
Calling All Leaders - Two Weeks Until CAHSAH's Administrator Certificate Programs This will be the only opportunity this year to join us for CAHSAH’s Administrator Certificate programs for either hospice or home health or both at the beautiful Caesars Palace Las Vegas, July 30 to August 1,... Continue Reading
Attend This Month's CAHSAH Administrator Certificate Programs Join us July 30 to August 1, 2024 for CAHSAH’s Administrator Certificate programs for either hospice or home health or both at the beautiful Caesars Palace Las Vegas. The certificate programs provide a supportive learning... Continue Reading
