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| Home Health | Sign-on bonus errors: Agency pays $25,000 in back wages, damages | | The Department of Labor recovered $12,469 in back wages and $12,469 in liquidated damages from a Pittsburgh, Penn., home health company, according to a Jan. 18, 2022, release. The division’s investigation found that Three Rivers Home Care failed to pay an overtime premium on sign-on bonuses for 26 home health aides. The bonuses were contingent … |
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| COVID-19 | CMS Vaccine Mandate: Deadlines now set for all states | | Medicare and Medicaid providers in the 24 states involved in the court challenges at the center of the Supreme Court decision on January 13 now have fresh deadlines to implement their COVID-19 vaccine mandates. And CMS issued the last deadlines, for Texas providers, on Jan. 20. In a message to surveyors Jan. 14, 2022, CMS … |
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| Private Duty | Apply to speak at our 2022 Private Duty National Conference & Expo | | We are looking for home care agency leaders, consultants and attorneys to present fresh ideas that can spur growth, reduce costs and overcome the biggest regulatory challenges. The 2022 Private Duty National Conference & Expo will be held on Oct. 17-19, 2022, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Some of the hot topics are: recruitment … |
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| Home Health | Care Compare gets January refresh | | Home health agency information has been updated on Care Compare for the first time since November 2020. Updates had been on hold due to the pandemic. The updated data also was impacted by COVID-19: Home health OASIS measure scores are based on three quarters of assessment data due to the public health emergency: the third … |
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