Home Health & Hospice Week

Prospective Payment System:

Home Health Pay Cut Threatens Access To Care

Reimbursement is below cost of care already, rural provider tells CMS. If Medicare wants to increase its overall spending at a faster rate, its Home Health Prospective Payment System should certainly help achieve that goal. Why? The 1 percent pay cut that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed for 2017 will limit patients’ access to home care, [...]
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