Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Home Health Prospective Payment System:

Case Mix Recalibration Could Take A Big Bite Out Of Your Budget

CMS tries to align payments with current utilization data. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has bad news for home health agencies. In its 2015 home health prospective payment system proposed rule, CMS outlines its plan to cull about 200 diagnosis codes from the case mix system and drop two OASIS items as well. CMS is “adjusting the [...]
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