Budget :
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR NEXT BUDGET STEP
Published on Tue Mar 10, 2009
Resolution therapy provision could affect home care providers. The House and Senate 2010 budget resolutions may not currently contain any proposed home care reductions, but the industry isn't banking on that to keep cuts off the budget chopping block all year. The House and Senate must work out a single budget resolution to pass, which is expected to happen by the end of the month or so. Then that resolution is merely a blueprint for the real budget negotiations that will take place throughout this year's session. Both House and Senate versions passed April 2 contain a reserve fund for overall health care reform, and home care could become a tempting target as a funding source, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice cautions. "The fight is far from over. It is still imperative...to continue the fight to keep these cuts out of the final Medicare legislation this year," [...]