Home Health Care News June 25, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to make telehealth flexibilities for home health providers introduced in light of the coronavirus permanent.
Yet providers would still be forced to provide the virtual care without payment.
CMS detailed that proposal and others Thursday afternoon, along with its annual suggested update to the Medicare rate.
CMS’s proposed rule for 2021 would increase Medicare payments to home health agencies by 2.6%, which equates to a roughly $540 million bump. Last year, the proposed rule for 2020 included an increase of only 1.3%.
In addition to boosting the Medicare home health reimbursement rate and making certain telehealth changes permanent, the proposed rule would create new Medicare enrollment policies for...
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