Billing:
PPS Rule Finalizes First Step Of RAP Elimination
Published on Thu Nov 08, 2018
New HHAs no longer will receive RAP payments under PDGM. Despite many strident industry comments opposing the elimination of Requests for Anticipated Payments, Medicare has started down that path anyway. In July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed requiring “new” home health agencies to submit so-called “no-pay” RAPs under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model starting in January 2020. True [...]