HealthLeaders Media July 26, 2022
Medicare cuts totaling $10B over next decade constitutes a ‘battle for the future of health care at home,’ one home health leader says.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Legislation prevents a 7.69% permanent cut and an additional $2 billion in “clawback” cuts to home health care services by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
– Legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) would delay and block those cuts.
– Home health leaders will work with lawmakers to build support for the legislation.
Home health leaders are cheering U.S. Senate bipartisan lawmakers for introducing new legislation that prevents a newly proposed 7.69% permanent cut and an additional $2 billion in “clawback” cuts to home health care services...