Best Practices Journal – Week of February 18, 2013
The Face of Adult Day Services (Care) is Changing; and Only Truly Competent Providers Will Benefit from it
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Best Practices Journal – Week of February 18, 2013
The Face of Adult Day Services (Care) is Changing; and Only Truly Competent Providers Will Benefit from it
Week of: February 18, 2013 • Subscribe at: www.
americancarenews.
com ● www.
adultdaycaretraining.
com
The Face of Adult Day Services (Care) is Changing; and Only Truly
Competent Providers Will Benefit from it
ouse Bill H.
R.
6476 commonly referred to as the “Medicare Adult Day Services Act of 2012”
was written with significant potential.
Introduced by California Representative Linda Sanchez,
it basically does this: Allows a person who is entitled to receive home health services by a
Medicare certified home health
agency, i.
e.
nursing, physical therapy,
occupational therapy, speech therapy,
home health aide services, etc.
to
receive these instead from what the
bill refers to as a “certified adult day
services center.
”
Similar requirements to home health
care would apply including the 3-day
pre-enrollment hospital stay and th
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