Despite recent welcome news to the home health agency (“HHA”) industry in Florida, Illinois, Michigan, and Texas following an end to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ ("CMS’s") long-standing HHA provider enrollment moratoria, CMS subsequently announced that it would place some newly enrolled HHAs in a provisional period of enhanced oversight. The purpose of the enhanced oversight period and the corresponding additional restrictions placed on certain HHAs is to help CMS address and closely monitor fraud, waste, and abuse concerns in the HHA industry, thus ...
On March 3, 2015, the New Jersey State Board of Nursing ("Board") issued a comprehensive set of proposed amendments, repeals and new rules pertaining to Delegation and Certification; Homemaker-Home Health Aides. The changes broaden the authority of registered professional nurses ("RNs") and permit RNs to train, and then delegate tasks to licensed practical nurses ("LPNs"), certified home health aides ("CHHAs") and other assistive persons (collectively "assistants"). This certainly seems like a positive step for the Home Health industry and its patients. Nurses will be able ...
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