Getting to know Kasey Cheal Founder United Care www.usunitedcare.com What prompted you to enter the field of home care/home health or hospice? I began my career in home and hospice care in my early 20s and quickly developed a deep affection for the aging... Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
rHappy July everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying their summer thus far. We are in for a hot one for sure. Now is a good time to remind your staff about heat safety and to be cognizant of signs and symptoms of heat-related illness. I would like to share just a few ways we have helped our staff... Continue Reading
June is usually the most frantic month in the annual legislative calendar, and this past month did not vary from that reality. The month was dominated by bill deadlines, the state budget process, and looming initiatives that have qualified to appear on the November General Election ballot unless... Continue Reading
