Home Health & Hospice Week

Prospective Payment System:

HHAs Lambaste Proposed Cuts For Case Mix Creep

$350 million spending cut will decimate home health agencies. A double whammy of reimbursement reductions in the 2016 HH PPS proposed rule are poised to drive small, rural and safety net home health agencies out of business. So warned a chorus of commenters on the 2016 home health prospective payment system proposed rule published in the July 10 Federal Register. [...]
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