HomeCare Covid-19 Update

April 29, 2020

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Interim President and CEO Jennifer Sheets: “Our Clinicians Were Made for This”

From hunting down personal protective equipment to changing care schedules to creating contingency plans, Interim HealthCare is tackling the COVID-19 crisis in a variety of ways. Read more from President and CEO Jennifer Sheets on what the company is doing to protect caregivers and patients—and listen to more on the HomeCare Podcast. Read now.

CMS Suspends Advanced Payment Program, Reevaluates Accelerated Payments

Citing significant relief to providers from the CARES Act through the Provider Relief Fund, CMS is suspending additional emergency payments via the Advanced Payment Program to Part B suppliers. Suppliers are typically required to pay back funds within a year or less, depending on supplier type, but relief funds won’t need to be repaid. Here’s the rest of the story.

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CareCredit – Helping Providers. Helping Patients

CareCredit wants you to know our commitment to you, your staff, and your patients or clients is stronger than ever. We are actively working on strategies to help you recover and rebuild when things become more normal. If you’re offering telehealth programs, the CareCredit credit card can also be used to help your patients get the care they need. Get started here.

Telehealth & HIPAA Under Coronavirus

On March 30, the Office of Civil Rights said it would grant health care providers—including home health and home medical equipment providers— leniency when it comes to using video conferencing applications that had previously been forbidden due to patient privacy concerns, such as FaceTime, Google Hangouts, Zoom, Skype and others. But that doesn’t mean HIPAA is suspended. Here’s what you need to know.

On Our Radar

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