Industry Notes:
Check Out New Home Health Grouper, Payment Transmittal
Published on Fri Nov 18, 2022
Followup payment items related to the 2023 home health final rule are now out. The updated PPS grouper that will take effect in January is at
www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/homehealthpps/casemixgroupersoftware. It includes updated threshold values for functional impairment levels for all clinical groups; updated functional impairment scoring for OASIS elements; updated clinical group assignment(s) for diagnosis codes, including the removal of clinical groups [...]