Home Health Experts Suggest Improvements to New Payment Model

A new payment model is coming to home health, and input from a recent technical expert panel (TEP) could indicate some top concerns from within the industry. The TEP, which met February 1, 2018, will help the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shape the new prospective payment system (PPS) by offering its input over […]

LHC: Hard to Judge Proposed Revamp of Medicare Payment System

The most recent proposal for a new prospective payment system (PPS) for home health agencies was released last week. One major home health provider has a few reservations, but thinks the company could support the proposal depending on specific details still to be released. “It’s difficult to formulate an opinion on what their doing,” Richard MacMillan, senior vice president […]

Hospice Payments to Rise 0.9%, CMS Says

A net 0.9% increase in hospice payments will begin October 1, Centers for Medicare And Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in a home hospice wage index notice posted Tuesday.  The impact of this new rule is projected to decrease federal payments to hospices by $100 million in fiscal year (FY) 2013. Previously when introducing new rules, CMS has […]