PDGM
Home Health 2019 Final Rule Is Flawed and NAHC is Fighting to Improve it
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the CY 2019 Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates and wage index for calendar year (CY) 2019, and it contains a number of provisions NAHC objects to and will be fighting to change before the proposed rule is implemented, which would be 2020. […]
Read MorePayment Reform a Popular Topic at FMC
The subject of payment reform and just how home health agencies will be paid in the future has rarely been a hotter topic than it is today, so it was appropriate that some of the most well-attended classes on Monday at the 2018 Financial Management Conference were directly related to payment issues. Home Health Payment […]
Read MoreFinancial Management Conference Has All the Info on New Proposed Home Health Payment System
As previously reported here in NAHC Report, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule for home health on July 2, 2018, a 600-page document that could make major changes to payment rates in 2019, along with creating a new payment model in 2020. If implemented, NAHC anticipates these proposals will […]
Read MoreNAHC Webinar on New CMS Proposed Home Health Rule on Friday
The National Association for Home Health & Hospice (NAHC) will be holding a webinar on the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed home health rule and the Patient Directed Grouping Model (PDGM) from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Eastern on Friday, July 13. The webinar is free to everyone, both NAHC members […]
Read MoreCMS Proposed Rule for Home Health “Needs More Work”
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its proposed home health rule on Monday, July 2, 2018, and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has been poring over the 600-page rule ever since to assess the challenges and opportunities it presents to providers and patients around the country. What follows […]
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