Prospective Payment System:
Home Health Pay Cut Threatens Access To Care
Published on Fri Sep 16, 2016
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, [...]