Home Health Care News June 27, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed home health payment rule, released Wednesday, included significant cuts for the third straight year. Those cuts, among other proposed changes, raise questions over the stability of the industry in the coming years.
It has providers asking themselves and others the question: “Why us?”
For an industry that demonstrably saves money for the larger health care ecosystem, such harsh and continued cuts seem to be contradictory, home health stakeholders believe.
“These cuts are nothing short of draconian,” Stacey Smith, the vice president of public policy at AccentCare, said Wednesday.
On top of those cuts is the threat of CMS clawbacks for what the agency believes to be overpayments to home health agencies...
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