Home Health & Hospice Week

Value-Based Purchasing:

Final VBP Model Retains Serious Flaws, Experts Insist

Large risk pool menaces small providers. Home health agencies hoping to see big corrections to Value-Based Purchasing’s problems were disappointed with the 2016 HH PPS final rule released Oct. 29. In the rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gives its justifications for retaining the 8 percent reward/penalty amount, sticking to the 2016 timeline, and keeping some of the [...]
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