Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
Home Health:
HHAs IN LINE FOR 3.3 PERCENT RAISE
Published on Thu Jul 03, 2003
PPS update in line with expectations Home health agency Medicare payment rates will go up 3.3 percent in 2004, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced June 27. Payment rates for HHAs are updated annually based on the percentage change in the home health market basket index, a measure of inflation for goods and services connected with home health services. The payment will boost HHA payments by a total of about $340 million next year, according to CMS estimates.
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