Home Health Care News November 22, 2020
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final 2021 home health payment rule in late October. When it came out, some providers were less than pleased.
On one hand, the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) wasn’t substantially altered to balance out its flawed behavioral assumptions. On another, there are also a few “quirks” in the rule that will make 2021 a unique, potentially complicated year.
Overall, the final rule adds an estimated $390 for home health agencies next year, roughly equal to a payment increase of 1.9%. Those figures are less than the $540 million boost and 2.6% increase initially floated in CMS’s proposed rule.
Since the final rule came out, providers have additionally learned more about...
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