ACCENTCARE, INC.

Medicare/Medicaid

Issues related to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) policy, including the Home Health Patient Driven Groupings Model, hospice benefit quality and payment policy proposals, and home and community-based services; Issues concerning Medicare Advantage and the hospice benefit; Discussion with CMS Center for Program Integrity about the implementation of the Review Choice Demonstration for Home Health Services (RCD);Support H.R. 1332 and S.368, Telehealth Modernization Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program related to the COVID-19 public health emergency, as it relates to use of telehealth in the certification of a beneficiary for the hospice benefit; Support for S. 2562/H.R. 5514, Choose Home Care Act of 2021, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve extended care services by providing Medicare beneficiaries with an option for cost effective home-based extended care under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; Support for S. 1512/H.R. 2903, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes, Sec. 109 - use of telehealth in recertification for hospice care; Support for H.R. 5376, Build Back Better Act, a bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14, Subtitle G, Part 2 - Expanding Access to Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services; Monitor implementation of P.L. 116-260/H.R. 133, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, a bill making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, providing coronavirus emergency response and relief, and for other purposes, Title IV - Health Care Offsets; Support of H.R. 2471/P.L. 117-703, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, a bill making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for other purposes, Sections 306 and 307, and monitor section 312; Monitor issues related to the implementation P.L. 117-2/H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act, a bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5, Section 9817 - additional support for Medicaid home and community-based services during the COVID-19 emergency.