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BULLETIN
Advocacy in
Action Guide
How Lobby Day
Advocacy Impacts
California Bills
Taking Responsibility for
Reductions in Hospital
Readmissions: Be Careful!
Do hospital staff have only a superficial
understanding of how patient reductions
can be achieved?
MARCH 2015
Chair’s Message
BY ALEJANDRO SALDANA, CAHSAH CHAIR
Hello everyone. We are in the third month of the year and it is time to get all of our members
together to lobby and educate our federal and state legislators. I am requesting that everyone
attend CAHSAH’s Annual Lobby Day at the State Capitol on March 18 to continue educating
our legislators about the issues surrounding the home care industry in 2015. I also urge you to
bring someone you know in the industry, even if they are not CAHSAH members. During the
last week of March, NAHC will be hosting their annual March on Washington. I encourage you
to attend this important event as this is an opportunity to meet your United States congressional
representatives. I hope you are able to attend, and I look forward to seeing you at these great
legislative opportunities.
Respectfully,
Alejandro Saldana
CAHSAH Board Chair
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in this issue
Chair’s Message........................................ Pg. 3
Taking Responsibility for
Reductions in Hospital
Readmissions: Be Careful!..............Pg. 7
Dean Chalios - President
(916) 641-5795, ext. 118
Michele Lander - Director of Operations
(916) 641-5795, ext. 129
Advocacy in Action................................. Pg. 8
Jessica Roenspie - Meeting and Event Planner
(916) 641-5795, ext. 117
Weekly News Updates......................Pg. 10
Marissa Pickard - Education Marketing Coordinator
(916) 641-5795, ext. 127
Membership Spotlight.......................... Pg. 12
Jeannie Yang - Education Assistant/Registrar
(916) 641-5795, ext. 113
cahsah staff
CAHSAH Awards Program..........Pg. 13
Educational Events Calendar.... Pg. 15
Federal Bill Tracker..................................Pg. 16
Sandy Bertoux - Director - Finance and Membership
(916) 641-5795, ext. 111
Ryan Moore - Director of MIS
(916) 641-5795, ext. 132
Kristine Fitzpatrick - Controller/Human Resources Manager
(916) 641-5795, ext. 115
Patricia Martinez - Membership Coordinator
(916) 641-5795, ext. 114
The CAHSAH Bulletin is published by CAHSAH
and supported by Heffernan Insurance Brokers
Managing Editor & CAHSAH President
Dean Chalios
Jennifer Gabales - Director of Policy
(916) 641-5795, ext. 123
Editor
Wesley Clark
Mary Adorno - Legislative Specialist
(916) 641-5795, ext. 124
California Association for Health Services at Home
3780 Rosin Court, Suite 190 Sacramento, CA 95834
Telephone: (916) 641-5795 Fax: (916) 641-5881
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For advertising, please contact:
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CAHSAH does not necessarily endorse any of the products, services
or meetings advertised in the Bulletin. CAHSAH also does not
endorse the opinions, products or services of guest authors in the
Bulletin.
Copyright 2015 California Association for Health Services at Home.
All rights reserved.
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Taking Responsibility for Reductions in
Hospital Readmissions: Be Careful!
By Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq.
Hospital administrators are increasingly focused
on decreasing readmission as they continue
to receive penalties in the form of reductions
in reimbursement from the Medicare Program.
Hospital staff appropriately seek assistance from
post-acute providers in order to achieve reductions.
There is no doubt that Medicare-certified home
health agencies, HME suppliers, private duty home
care agencies, hospices, skilled nursing facilities
(SNFs), assisted living facilities (ALFs), outpatient
therapists, etc. can assist hospitals to reduce
readmissions. The post-acute industry generally
welcomes the recognition that it has a crucial role to
play in this regard.
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BUT, BE CAREFUL! It appears that staff at some
hospitals have only a superficial understanding of
how reductions can be achieved. This is true, in part,
because there is a general lack of evidence and
data to show what activities contribute to reductions
in readmissions. It remains unclear whether hospital
discharge planning activities, for example, can have
a substantial impact on reductions in readmissions.
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There is a tendency on the part of hospitals,
however, to put the entire responsibility for
reductions on the shoulders of post-acute providers.
This point of view may lead to some potentially
harmful results, including failure to reduce
readmissions. It may also support the argument
that hospitals should be able to choose post-acute
providers for patients since they suffer the financial
consequences when patients are readmitted.
On the contrary, it seems likely that reductions
in readmissions will be achieved only through
partnerships between hospitals and post-acute
providers of all kinds. The operative word is clearly
“partnership.” This point of view is supported by
Conditions of Participation (CoPs) of the Medicare
Program for hospitals that govern discharge
planning. Specifically, discharge planners/case
managers at hospitals are required to screen all
inpatients soon after admission to determine which
ones are at risk of adverse health consequences
post-discharge if they lack discharge planning.
Screening must include consideration of the
following factors:
1. Patients’ functional status and cognitive ability
2. Type(s) of post-hospital care that patients
require, such as:
• Home Health, attendant care, and other
community-based services
• Hospice or palliative care
• Respiratory therapy
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Rehabilitation services (PT, OT, Speech, etc.)
End Stage Renal Dialysis services
Pharmaceuticals and related supplies
Nutritional consultation/supplemental diets
SNFs
ALFs
Medical equipment and related supplies
Home and physical environment modifications
Transportation services
Meal services
Household services, such as housekeeping,
shopping, etc.
Whether the type(s) of post-hospital care
require(s) the services of health care
professionals or facilities
Availability of required post-hospital health care
services to patients
Availability and capability of family and/or
friends to provide follow-up care in the home
Evaluate post-discharge needs of inpatients
identified in the first stage, or of inpatients
who request an evaluation, or whose physician
requests one. Evaluations must include the
ability of patients to self-care post-discharge.
An evaluation of the ability to self-care requires
hospitals to actively solicit information regarding
this issue not only from patients or their
representatives, but also from family, friends,
and support persons.
Develop a discharge plan, if indicated by the
evaluation or at the request of the patient’s
physician
Initiate implementation of the discharge
plan prior to the discharge of inpatients. This
requirement includes provision of inpatient
education/training to patients for self-care, or to
patients’ families or other support persons who
will provide care in patients’ homes. It includes
arrangements for:
• Transfer to rehabilitation hospitals, long term
care hospitals, or long term care facilities
• Referrals to home health agencies or
hospices
• Referrals for follow-up with physicians and
therapists
• Referrals to pertinent community resources
that may assist with financial, transportation,
meal preparation or other post-discharge
needs
Anecdotally, it appears that hospital discharge
planners/case managers are not consistently
engaging in these activities and others required by
the CoPs. Compliance with the CoPs for discharge
planning may have a significant impact on
reductions in readmissions in partnership with postacute providers of all types.
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advocacy
in action
How Lobby Day Advocacy Impacts California Bills
I
t’s a new year, and the first year of a two
year session in California’s legislature. A
whole cast of new bills have been submitted
in the Capitol prior to the bill introduction
deadline that closed last Friday, February 27, and
CAHSAH’s Policy Advocacy and Public Affairs
(PAPA) Committee is now in the process of
reviewing those bills and identifying any that may
have an impact on the home care industry. A few
of those bills will become the focus of CAHSAH’s
upcoming Annual Lobby Day event on March 18
at the Sacramento Masonic Temple.
individuals or groups (the bill “sponsor”) contact
a legislator with a specific problem and solution
they wish to have addressed with legislation.
When the Senator or Assembly Member agrees
to “author” a bill, he or she sends the idea to
Legislative Counsel, where the language is
drafted as a bill. Once the author approves
the draft, the bill is filed at the Senate Desk or
Assembly Desk, at which time the bill is given a
number and “read” for the first time.
The bill must then pass in committee. Senators
and Assembly Members may sit on one or more
committees. Each committee deals with bills
related to just one particular subject area. For
example, there is a committee specifically for
health, education, public safety, transportation,
agriculture, and so on.
While the PAPA Committee continues the process
of determining CAHSAH’s priority bills, and while
Lobby Day is still a couple of weeks away, it’s
important that we take the time to refamiliarize
ourselves with Lobby Day’s place in the greater
picture of California’s legislative process. With
an understanding of its place in the big picture,
we can better appreciate the role Lobby Day
plays in protecting the essential interests of the
home care industry and the agencies that serve
the elderly and persons with disabilites in our
communities.
The first committee that all bills must pass
through is the Rules Committee. The Rules
Committee is responsible for assigning the bill
to one or more policy committees. For example,
bills dealing with health issues are usually
referred to the Assembly Health or Senate Health
and Human Services Committees. A bill cannot
be heard by a committee until it has been in print
for 30 days. Each bill must also appear in the
Daily File (the agenda of the legislature’s daily
business) for four days prior to being heard in a
committee.
California’s Legislative Process
The state legislative session generally convenes
in December to organize and work begins in
January. Each legislative session is two years
with month-long breaks in the spring, summer,
and early fall. The last day for bills to be
introduced is usually in February, and the last day
for bills to pass is usually early September.
If the bill has a cost associated with its
implementation, it must be heard by a “fiscal”
committee, which is either the Senate or
Assembly Appropriations Committee. Only
comments related to a bill’s cost are debated by
the fiscal committees. After the bill passes its
The Lifycycle of a Bill
For an idea to become a bill, typically, interested
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The Impact of Lobby Day
You can make an impact on
California’s State Legislative
process.
By participating in CAHSAH’s Annual Lobby Day
event, you can make an impact on California’s
state legislative process. CAHSAH’s staff
and PAPA committee members have worked
diligently to identify our priority bills at an early
stage in their legislative lifecycle so that our
advocacy is placed in a position to succeed.
When Lobby Day commences on March 18, the
deadline to submit bills will have only past by
about three weeks. Because of this strategic
placement, early in the lifecycle of a bill, we
are able to reach out to our legislators at the
beginning of the committee process when
many of them are just hearing of the bill for the
first time, or may not have encountered it long
enough to form strong political opinions. This is
why participation in Lobby Day advocacy is so
important: it plants the seed of our position in the
minds of legislators and improves the effect of
our advocacy as the bill progresses through the
summer and the fall months.
last committee in its house of origin, it is read a
second time on the floor.
The bill must then pass off the Senate and
Assembly floor in its third reading. The author
presents the bill on the floor to the entire house
(either Senate or Assembly).
Most bills require a majority vote to pass (21
in the Senate and 41 in the Assembly). The
exceptions to this are bills with an “urgency
clause” and appropriation bills, both of which
require a two-thirds vote (27 in the Senate and
54 in the Assembly). Once a bill passes out of
the house of origin, it moves to the other house
and goes through the process all over again. This
means the bill must pass through the assigned
committees of the other house and then be heard
on the floor of the other house.
Last year, CAHSAH defeated a number of big
bills due to its member advocacy. At the time
of Lobby Day, the home care industry faced AB
1863 (Jones), the DRA Licensure Bill, SB 935
(Leno), the Minimum Wage Bill, and AB 2171
(Wieckowski), the RCFE Bill. If any of these bills
would have been approved by the Governor, they
would have had far reaching, negative impacts
on the home care industry. CAHSAH was able
to defeat these bills because our members wrote
letters, made calls, met with their legislators, and
testified at bill hearings held in the State Capitol
and participated in District Advocacy Day in the
summer. Our advocacy prevailed because the
committees and the Governor were familiar with
and sympathetic to our position - these victories
were the result of the seeds we planted all the
way back in the spring.
If the bill has been passed by both houses, it is
sent to the Governor. The Governor may sign the
bill, or veto the bill. During the legislative session,
the Governor has 12 days to sign or veto a bill. If
the Governor does not sign or veto the bill within
the specified amount of time, the bill becomes
law without the Governor’s signature. If the bill
is signed or approved, it goes to the Secretary of
State to be chaptered. If the Governor vetoes a
bill, a two-thirds vote in each house is needed to
override the veto.
Most bills take effect on January 1 of the following
year after their passage. However, bills with an
urgency clause take effect immediately upon
signature by the Governor.
Lobby Day Registration Is Open!
Making Amendments to a Bill
Technically, bills can be amended at any point
in the process. After the amendment has been
submitted, the bill will be amended and reprinted
to reflect the changes made by the amendment.
If a Senate bill is amended in the Assembly, or
vice versa, and the house of origin refuses to
concur in those amendments, the bill will go to a
conference committee.
Remember, you can make an impact on
California’s State Legislative process. CAHSAH’s
2015 Annual Lobby Day event is scheduled for
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at the Sacramento
Masonic Temple at 1123 J Street in Sacramento.
Click here to join CAHSAH for this free member
event, and put your Advocacy into Action!
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Weekly News Updat
CAHSAH Attends Home Care
Licensure Stakeholder Meeting
OASIS and Claims
Matching
Effective April 1, 2015, Medicare
systems will compare the Health
Insurance Prospective Payment
System (HIPPS) code on a
Medicare home health claim to
the HIPPS code generated by
the corresponding Outcomes
and Assessment Information Set
(OASIS) assessment before the
claim is paid.
02.09.2015
Over 75 CAHSAH members, including CAHSAH’s President and Policy
Director, participated in the Department of Social Services’ (DSS)
Home Care Licensure Stakeholder Meeting. During this meeting, which
was the first in a series that will be hosted by DSS, the Department
outlined a broad overview of the statutory requirements for home care
licensure under AB 1217 while also providing an opportunity for home
care agencies to ask a variety of questions. DSS also indicated that
they are in the process of developing a home care agency survey and a
procedure for agencies to file complaints. For providers who attended
the meeting but were unable to have their questions heard, the
Department has assured those individuals that they will have additional
opportunities to provide input and ask questions at each of their future
stakeholder meetings.
Click here for the full article.
Medi-Cal Hospice
Annual Rate Update
The Department of Health Care
Services (DHCS) has updated the
reimbursement daily and hourly
rates for hospice providers.
Effective for dates of service
on or after October 1, 2014,
providers should bill using the
new hospice care rates. For an
updated list of rates, providers
may visit the Long Term Care
Reimbursement page of the
DHCS website.
Providers that would like to be added to DSS’ email notification list
for future stakeholder licensure meetings may send their request to
[email protected].
DOL Lawsuit Update - Court of Appeals
Grants DOL’s Request for Expedited
Briefing
Click here for the full article.
02.09.2015
Following Federal Court Judge Richard Leon’s recent ruling against
the Department of Labor’s (DoL) home care Final Rule, the DoL filed
a Notice of Appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia. Included in the Department’s appeal was a request that
the Court place the briefing on an expedited schedule, which the
Court granted. Although the briefing has been placed on an expedited
schedule, an official decision on this case is not likely to be made earlier
than June or July of this year.
Begin Your Hospice
CAHPS Dry Run!
February is the second month of
the Hospice CAHPS Dry Run. If
you are an eligible hospice, you
must participate in at least one
month of the Hospice CAHPS Dry
Run (January, February, or March
2015), followed by ongoing
monthly participation starting
April 2015.
CAHSAH will continue to monitor this case and report any
developments.
Click here for the full article.
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of Hospice
3 Resubmission
NOE/NOTRs
February 16 - Palmetto issued
a notice indicating that the
transition to the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid
Services’ (CMS) Enterprise
Identity Management system
(EIDM) has been postponed.
Febraury 16 - The Department
of Health Care Services has
delayed the implementation date
for displaying pending Medi-Cal
managed care plan enrollment
information in the Automatic
Eligibility Verification System
(AEVS).
February 09- The Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) has made
modifications to the FISS
and CWF systems to allow
for resubmission of Notice of
Elections (NOEs) when they
contain errors.
Click here for the full article.
Click here for the full article.
Click here for the full article.
Delays EIDM
1Palmetto
Transition
Medi-Cal Managed Care
Eligibility Reporting
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tes for February
Medicare Hospice Aggregate
Cap Submission
ASK MARY
02.09.2015
Effective for the cap year that ended October 31, 2014, all hospice
providers will now have to self-disclose the aggregate cap
calculation and remit overpayments. The first report is due to
the agency’s MAC no later than March 31, 2015. Failure to file the
report will result in suspension of Medicare payments. The MAC’s
final cap determination will then reconcile all data, which could
potentially result in an increase or decrease of the self-disclosed
calculation. The MAC will also calculate any inpatient liability.
CMS is transitioning the current IACS system through
which providers gain access to their Provider Statistical and
Reimbursement (PS&R) reports to EIDM on February 9. Providers
should ensure that they are “active” in the IACS system so that
they can access their PS&R beginning January 31.
The following recommendations are advised for all hospice
providers:
• Make sure that you know your User ID and Password. Your
User ID and Password will be moved “as is” on January 30
after 5:00 PM.
• Reset your password if you think that your password might
expire between January 30 and February 9, 2015.
• DO NOT register for a new User ID in IACS if it was approved
prior to 5:00 PM, Friday, January 30, 2015.
• DO NOT register for a new User ID in EIDM! This will only
complicate moving your IACS User ID to EIDM!
• Guidance from CMS has been posted on the IACS Overview,
here.
CMS does not plan on issuing instructions related to self
calculation/reporting of the aggregate cap until the cap/
sequester issue is resolved - the timing of which is not currently
known. However, at this time there is no indication that CMS
plans to delay the requirement that hospices must report by
March 31. Given these circumstances, we are providing the
following information which has been developed for industry use
and will assist hospices in estimating their aggregate cap as well
as any related liability:
• Instructions for Completion of Hospice Cap Report for the
2014 Cap Year
• Sample Letter to MACs
• Self-reporting Cap Computation Spreadsheet
Please note that the attached cap calculation information does
not include consideration of the sequester. Hospices may use
these materials to estimate their cap liabilities and also calculate
their cap liabilities with inclusion of the sequester so that they
know what the cap liability may be if HHS/CMS determine that
inclusion of the sequester in the cap calculation is appropriate.
Hospices may want to wait to submit their cap self-calculation
until we have additional word from CMS on resolution of the cap/
sequester issue.
If you are a hospice provider that uses a financial consultant
to assist with calculation of your cap liability, please seek their
guidance on how best to proceed.
Mary Adorno
CAHSAH’s Legislative Specialist
Q: Can you explain how Medicare covers
ambulance transports for hospice patients?
A: Ambulance transports to a patient’s
home which occur on the effective date
of the hospice election (i.e., the date
of admission), would occur prior to the
hospice’s initial assessment and therefore
prior to the plan of care’s development.
As such, these transports are not the
responsibility of the hospice. Medicare will
pay for ambulance transports of hospice
patients to their home, which occur on the
effective date of hospice election, through
the ambulance benefit rather than through
the hospice benefit. Ambulance transports
of a hospice patient, which are related
to the terminal illness and which occur
after the effective date of election are the
responsibility of the hospice.
MEMBERSHIP
SPOTLIGHT
CAHSAH’s
Concierge Program
This month’s concierges are new
participants in the program.
A nice round of applause goes to:
Kathy Gosney
CAHSAH
Welcomes New Members!
Please help us extend a warm welcome to those new
members who have recently joined CAHSAH between
January 13, 2015 and February 19, 2015.
Providers
Cherish Home Health, Inc.,
Cambria, CA
ComForCare Senior Services-West Hollywood,
Culver City, CA
Emerald City Caregivers,
West Hollywood, CA
John C. Fremont Home Health and Hospice.
Gidda’s Home Health Services, Inc.,
Hawthorne, CA
Jennifer Vasquez
Keepsake Companions
Interim HealthCare of Santa Rosa,
Santa Rosa, CA
Doris Bersing
Legend Home Health, Inc.,
Torrance, CA
Living Well Assisted Living at Home
Richard Kuehn
National Home Health Services,
Manteca, CA
Family inHome Caregiving, Inc.
Redwood Home Care,
Sausalito, CA
Josh Allen
Reliable Hospice Inc.,
Anaheim, CA
In Touch at Home
Senior Helpers,
La Mesa, CA
AFFILIATE MEMBER INTRODUCTIONS
StayHome Senior Care,
Simi Valley, CA
CAHSAH is dedicated to bringing together buyers and
sellers of home care products and services. As part of
that commitment, we introduced to you this month the
following affiliate members:
Via Home Care, LLC,
Carlsbad, CA
Foundation Management Services, Inc.
Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP)
For more information, please feel free to contact each
directly.
Affiliates
At Home Care Consulting,
Boise, ID
Diagnostic Laboratories,
Burbank, CA
Foundation Management Services, Inc.,
Denton, TX
ISU Insurance Services ARMAC Agency,
Victorville, CA
Loving Hearts Private Care, Inc.,
Hawthorne, CA
myCNAjobs,
Chicago, IL
Options for Rehab,
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
S&S Home Care Consulting,
San Diego, CA
Time Warner Cable Business Class,
Cerritos, CA
CALL FOR CAHSAH AWARDS &
NOMINATIONS
CAHSAH encourages you to nominate your staff members whose outstanding performance should
be recognized. All awards will be presented at The Joseph H. Hafkenschiel Awards Ceremony at
CAHSAH’s Annual Conference in Palm Springs, CA, May 19-21. All nominees will be individually
recognized by Nominating Committee Chair, Michelle Hofhine.
CAHSAH’s Awards program consists of the following:
 The Lois C. Lillick Award, honoring an individual who has made outstanding contributions to
the continuing development of local, state, and national home care associations.
 The Physician of the Year Award, recognizing a physician who consistently excels in providing
and utilizing home care, and optimizing the role of home care in the health care system.
 The Lillian H. O’Brien Home Care Supervisor Award, honoring a first-line home care
clinical or office supervisor who has made outstanding contributions in motivating staff to achieve
excellence in home care service.
 The Home Care Service Award, honoring an individual directly involved in day-to-day home
care, who has consistently provided outstanding service to patients in their homes.
 CAHSAH Ambassador Award, honoring an individual who has made a special contribution to
the home care industry.
 Support Service Award
The Support Service Award honors a support service individual who demonstrates unique
behaviors or practices which support excellence in home care and a consistent commitment and
dedication in promoting home care. The nominee must be clinical or office staff.
 The Joan Baier-Garland Home Care Nursing Scholarship provides support to students
in good standing in either an AA, BSN or Masters Nursing Program who have demonstrated a
commitment to home care and to the community.
Scholarship amount: $2,500.
All applications are available online. To nominate an individual for an award, click here. To apply
for the NURSING SCHOLARSHIP, click here. Candidates must be CAHSAH members and be
current with their membership dues. The deadline is March 20, 2015.
Your contributions count! Make a difference on CAHSAH’s Board and Nominating Committee!
CAHSAH members should consider running for the CAHSAH Board of Directors or the Nominating
Committee. Service on the CAHSAH Board or Nominating Committee is a way to contribute your
expertise to the good of the association and the industry. Candidates for these positions must be
CAHSAH members, current with their membership dues and must have served on a CAHSAH
committee.
This year, CAHSAH members will elect six (6) Board members, three (3) Medicare Certified seats,
one (1) Licensed Home Health seat, and two (2) Home Care Aide seats.
This year, CAHSAH members will elect three (3) Nominating Committee members: two (2)
Medicare Certified seats, and one (1) Home Care Aide seat.
To be a candidate for the Board of Directors or the Nominating Committee, click here to
complete the Nominee Profile online. The deadline is March 20, 2015.
Candidates for both the Board and the Nominating Committee will be notified of their selection
immediately after the April Nominating Committee meeting.
For further details on the Call for Awards & Nominations, please contact Michele Lander.
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EDUCATIONAL
Events Calendar
March 2015
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Home Care Manager Certificate Program
Home Care Manager Certificate EXAM
Hospice Manager Certificate Program
Hospice Manager Certificate EXAM
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
April 2015
13-14
Blueprint for OASIS Accuracy Workshop
Sacramento, CA
15COS-C ExamSacramento, CA
15-16
Blueprint for OASIS Accuracy Workshop
Ontario, CA
17COS-C ExamOntario, CA
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Private Duty Workshop: Legal Landscape of 2015
Private Duty Workshop: Legal Landscape of 2015
Sacramento, CA
Ontario, CA
May 2015
19-21
Annual Conference & Home Care Expo
Palm Springs, CA
June 2015
9-10
11-12
ICD-10 for Home Health Workshop
ICD-10 for Home Health Workshop
Sacramento, CA
Ontario, CA
July 2015
n/a
n/a
ICD-10 for Hospice Workshop
ICD-10 for Hospice Workshop
14-16
17
14-16
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Home Care Administrator
Certificate Program
NBHHC® Home Care Administrator
Certificate EXAM
Hospice Administrator
Certificate Program
NBHHC® Hospice Administrator
Certificate EXAM
Ontario, CA
Sacramento, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
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Federal Bill Tracker
Bill Number
H.R. 30
Rep. Todd Young
(R-IN)
H.R. 290
Rep. James Renacci
(R-OH)
H.R. 294
Rep. Jeff Miller
(R-FL)
H.R. 440
Rep. Charles
Boustany, Jr.
(R-LA)
Description
Location
Save American Workers Act of 2015: Amends the Internal Revenue Passed the House
Code to change the definition of “full-time employee” for purposes
of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care
coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from
an employee who is employed on average at least 30 hours of service
a week to an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours
of service a week.
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Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior (CARES) Act of
2015: Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the
3-day prior hospitalization requirement for Medicare coverage of
skilled nursing facility services in qualified skilled nursing facilities,
and for other purposes.
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act: Amends title 38, United
States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter
into contracts and agreements for the transfer of veterans to nonDepartment medical foster homes for certain veterans who are
unable to live independently.
Pending hearing in
the House Ways and
Means Committee
Pending hearing in the
House Veterans Affairs
Committee
Helping Individuals Regain Employment Act: would ensure that long- Pending hearing in
term unemployed individuals are not taken into account for purposes the House Ways and
of the employer health care coverage mandate.
Means Committee
S. 183
S. 183: Jobs and Premium Protection Act: Would repeal the annual
Senator John Barrasso fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act.
(R-WY)
Pending hearing in
the Senate Finance
Committee
Home Health Improvement Act: Would allow physician assistants,
S. 578
Senator Susan Collins nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse
(R-ME)
midwives to order home health services for Medicare beneficiaries.
Senator Chuck
Schumer (D-NY)
Introduced, pending
committee assignment
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