To qualify for home healthcare under Medicare, you’ll need to show that you are “homebound” due to illness and injury via a doctor’s examination and recommendation. However, you’ll first need to be ...

After staring down the barrel of the largest cut to the Medicare home health payment rate ever proposed, home health ...

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its delayed and much-anticipated CY 2026 home health final payment rule on Friday, ...

Sometimes, you may need intermittent or temporary home healthcare, such as after a hospital stay when you still require a certain amount of care. Medicare Part A can cover home healthcare after ...

Medicare may end a person’s skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage if the care is no longer medically necessary or if they use all their covered days in a benefit period. An SNF is a care facility ...

Options for Medicare and Medicaid Dual Coverage People who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid benefits are referred to as dual eligible. A person may have partial or full dual eligibility.

The end of the government shutdown marks the end of a tumultuous month for telehealth providers. When Congress failed to pass a Continuing ...

Your Medicare, Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage won’t vanish during the government shutdown, but changes to some benefits and fewer government workers to help could still disrupt care for ...

This article outlines the evolving rules surrounding Medicare telehealth coverage, highlighting key legislative changes and ...