Home Health Care News May 3, 2024
Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) recently sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, urging her and the agency to avoid cuts to home health payment as it nears time to release a proposed rule for 2025.
“We appreciate CMS’ commitment to helping people get the care they need, where they need it.
This must include home health services for people with Medicare,” the senators wrote. “As CMS proceeds to develop Medicare home health payment rates for 2025, we urge you to consider the value home health care provides to the Medicare program and its beneficiaries.”
Generally, the home health payment rule proposal comes out sometime in June, with the...