Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Home Health Prospective Payment System:

CMS Reduces Home Health Spending by $60 Million

HHAs warn rebasing cuts are killing the home care industry. Home health agencies (HHAs) have little reason to celebrate when comparing the proposed and final PPS rules for 2015. However, the episode base rate of $2,961.38 in the Final Rule is higher than the proposed rate of $2,865.57. In its proposed rule for 2015 prospective payment system rates, the Centers [...]
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