Prospective Payment System:
CMS Proposes $180 Million Cut To Home Health Pay In 2017
Published on Fri Jul 01, 2016
Repeated cuts will lead to access problems. The number of home health agencies, users, and episodes continue to fall, but the reimbursement hits just keep on coming. In its proposed rule for the 2017 home health prospective payment system update, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announces its plan to trim HHAs’ Medicare payment rates by 1 percent, slicing [...]