Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
HIT Updates Proposed
Published on Fri Jul 09, 2021
You can also find changes to Medicare’s new home infusion therapy (HIT) benefit in the 2022 home health proposed rule. “CMS is proposing to update the payment rates for CY 2022 as required by law,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says in a fact sheet on the rule. “In addition, CMS is proposing to update the geographic adjustment factor used for wage adjustment and a proposal to maintain the percentages finalized for the initial and subsequent visit payment policy.” “The overall impact of these changes is expected to be minimal,” says Brian Harris, SimiTree Financial Consulting Director, with Simione Healthcare Consultants, in online analysis of the rule.
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