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Decline In Key HH Indicators Doesn’t Stop MedPAC’s Cut Rec
Published on Fri Mar 26, 2021
Data analysis fails to acknowledge HHAs’ average non-Medicare payer load is around one-third, expert says. Pandemic, what pandemic? That’s what an influential advisory board to Congress seems to say in its latest rate recommendations to lawmakers. In its annual report, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission urges Congress to cut home health agency payment rates by 5 percent in 2022 (see [...]