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Fight for Home Health Care & Hospice in DC!
Wednesday, September 14 REGISTER (required) Today is the last day to sign up (registration above) to join NAHC and your fellow home care and hospice professionals who will be on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, September 14th, to advocate to Congress for some of the biggest issues facing the industry right now. Home health providers are facing […]
Read MoreMedPAC calls for 20 Percent Cut to Hospice Aggregate Cap
Last week, as expected, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) March 2022 Report to Congress recommended that: Medicare base payment rates for hospice for Fiscal Year 2023 remain at current levels The hospice aggregate cap should be wage-adjusted and reduced by 20 percent. Hospices be required to report telehealth services on Medicare claims MedPAC’s chapter on hospice […]
Read MoreMedPAC calls for 20 Percent Cut to Hospice Aggregate Cap
Earlier this week, as expected, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) March 2022 Report to Congress recommended that: Medicare base payment rates for hospice for Fiscal Year 2023 remain at current levels The hospice aggregate cap should be wage-adjusted and reduced by 20 percent. Hospices be required to report telehealth services on Medicare claims MedPAC’s […]
Read MoreNAHC Urges CMS to Collect Data on Technology-based and Chaplain Visits
Prior to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) many hospice providers had significant success with use of technology-based visits; however, there were a number of hospices that did not utilize technologies to their fullest extent because they believed they were required to provide all visits in-person. Early in the PHE, the Centers for Medicare & […]
Read MoreNAHC Urges CMS to Collect Data on Technology-based and Chaplain Visits
Prior to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) many hospice providers had significant success with use of technology-based visits; however, there were a number of hospices that did not utilize technologies to their fullest extent because they believed they were required to provide all visits in-person. Early in the PHE, the Centers for Medicare & […]
Read MoreMedPAC Votes for Payment Cuts, Telehealth Reporting
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met Thursday, January 13, to vote on their annual recommendations to Congress regarding payment policy and reporting requirements. This session served as a formality following presentation and discussion of the same recommendations that were put forward at the commission’s December 2021 meeting. The proposed recommendations voted on at this […]
Read MoreMedPAC Calls for 5 Percent Home Health Rate Cut for 2022
Also calls for more telehealth reporting The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met for the annual December meeting to discuss payment rate adequacy across the Medicare program. For the Home Health session commissioners received a presentation from MedPAC staff on the current state of the benefit. Following are notable data points from 2020: $17.1 billion […]
Read MoreMedPAC Recommends 20 Percent Cut to Hospice Aggregate Cap
Payment Freeze, Aggregate Cap and Telehealth Visit Reporting Highlighted Late last week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), an advisory body to the U.S. Congress, verbally approved the following recommendations: For fiscal year (FY) 2023, the Congress should eliminate the update to the 2022 Medicare base payment rates for hospice and wage adjust and reduce the […]
Read MoreMedPAC Recommends 20 Percent Cut to Hospice Aggregate Cap
Payment Freeze, Aggregate Cap and Telehealth Visit Reporting Highlighted Late last week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), an advisory body to the U.S. Congress, verbally approved the following recommendations, with a formal vote will be taken at a January meeting: For fiscal year (FY) 2023, the Congress should eliminate the update to the 2022 Medicare […]
Read MoreTake this Survey on Home Health Aide Adequacy
TAKE THE SURVEY NOW! As part of the 2022 proposed home health rate update rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is asking for information on the adequacy of home health aide staffing. This request is made in response to a 2019 MedPac Report that noted between 1998 and 2017 home health visits declined […]
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