Home Health & Hospice Week

Prospective Payment System:

4 Steps Make Up Your New HHRG Under Payment Reform

The patient’s source of admission would matter under payment revamp. Under Medicare’s Home Health PPS payment reform plan, the Home Health Groupings Model, home health agencies would see their reimbursement determined by four steps: Step 1: Classify episodes into four categories based on timing and source of admission — Community Early, Community Late, Institutional Early, Institutional Late.
Step 2: [...]
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