Home Health Care News May 12, 2022
The home health industry’s battle with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for fair rates has gone from a few stakeholders saying “the quiet part out loud” earlier this year to nearly every major provider in the country talking about the issue with regularity.
My colleagues and I have covered the topic extensively. But we’ve moved beyond the question of how providers feel about MA rates for home health and moved onto the next: How can the problem be solved?
Taking a step back, here are a few of the certainties we know:
– All signs point to MA being the dominant insurer type among Medicare beneficiaries by the end of the decade.
– MA pays far lower rates for home health...
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