HealthLeaders Media November 2, 2018
The new rules, which focus on the 2019 and 2020 calendar years, update payment regulations, support expansion of remote patient monitoring, and seek to ease regulatory burdens.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Medicare payments to home health agencies are expected to increase 2.2% ($420 million) next year.
Remote patient monitoring has stronger support under new rule changes.
Regulatory burden reduction is one of the central themes of the new home health rules.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are updating payment and innovation rules for home health.
As home health agencies expand and health systems establish more robust capabilities for post-acute care including home health services, a CMS final rule announced last week finalizes calendar...
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