Industry Notes:
HHAs Save Medicare Money On Wound Care Patients
Published on Fri Jan 22, 2021
Since Medicare began paying long-term care hospitals less for patients requiring severe wound care, those patients have more often gone to less costly settings including home health — and that has saved the program money, says a recent report from the Government Accountability Office. Medicare spent about 2.4 percent less on total “principal severe wound care stays — that is, [...]
