Home Health
CMS November 1 issued a final rule that updates home health prospective payment system payments for calendar year 2018 and makes changes to the HH quality reporting program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released the final rule for the home health prospective payment system for calendar year 2018. For CY 2018, the rule decreases net HH payments by 0.4 percentage points, or $80 million, relative to CY 2017.
This critique examines the prototype Medicare payment system for post-acute care (PAC) developed by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) in 2016.
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to finalize in the calendar year 2018 final rule its proposal to redesign the home health payment system in 2019. “We support the broad goals for the alternative system, known as the Home Health Groupings Model, and appreciate…
Proposed Rule for CY 2018 for Home Health PPS
On July 28, the CMS published its calendar year 2018 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system.
The CMS, July 25 issued a proposed rule that would update home health prospective payment system payments for calendar year 2018 and change the HH quality reporting program.