Home Health & Hospice Week
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Medicare Schedules Home Health Webinar For March 29
Published on Fri Feb 17, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may be responding to home health agencies’ frustration with behavioral adjustments that are baked into the Patient-Driven Groupings Model payment rates for HHAs. “Join CMS on Wednesday March 29, 2023 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm EST as experts provide an overview of several provisions from the CY 2023 HH PPS final rule related to behavior changes, the construction of 60-day episodes, and payment rate development for CY 2023,” CMS says in a message to providers. “Further details and materials are forthcoming,” the agency adds. Register at https://cms.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/ WN_wppQ3IWbSqWCDnoKrvZFRA.
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