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LUPAs Are Throwing HHAs For A Loop Under COVID-19

Published on Fri May 15, 2020

Will rising LUPA rates bring agency closures? Home health agencies knew they’d be grappling with increased Low Utilization Payment Adjustments under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model in 2020. But then COVID-19 kicked the problem into high gear. “To some extent, higher rates of LUPAs under PDGM were expected,” notes Sharon Harder of consulting firm C3Advisors in Wheaton, Illinois. That’s especially true [...]
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