Home Health Care News October 27, 2023
In the first six years of the Home Health Value‐Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model demonstration, the nine participating states saved Medicare $1.38 billion, a 1.9% decline relative to the 41 non‐HHVBP states.
That’s according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that evaluated the first six years of HHVBP before the national expansion at the beginning of 2023.
The HHVBP Model was implemented to incentivize home health agencies to improve the quality of care they provide to Medicare beneficiaries.
The goal of the model is to link Medicare reimbursement to the quality of care, rather than just the quantity or volume of services.
CMS first adjusted Medicare payments by up to 3% in 2018,...
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