Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Industry Note:

MedPAC to Call for Another HHA Pay Cut in 2017

Soon, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) won’t be able to use home health agencies’ profit margins as a club to beat them over the head with. But unfortunately, that’s because their payments are being cut to the bone. Between 2001 and 2013, Medicare margins for freestanding agencies averaged 17 percent. In 2013, the average fell to 12.7 percent, and 10.8 percent [...]
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