Home Health Care News January 22, 2026
On Jan. 15, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met to vote on a variety of items, including its recommendation for the home health Medicare base payment rate. In what has become something of an annual tradition, the organization voted to recommend a cut to the Medicare base payment rate for home health care services.
The recommended cut for 2027 would decrease home health Medicare spending by between $750 million and $2 billion in one year, and between $10 billion and $25 billion over five years, according to a transcript of MedPAC’s Jan. 15 meeting.
During the meeting, a MedPAC member asked a question regarding the logic behind a severe cut to the home health payment, suggesting that the...
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