Home Health Care News September 29, 2022
The idea of a unified post-acute care payment system has captured the imagination of home health industry stakeholders for years. One question that has always loomed large, however, was how one payment system could be applied to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), in-patient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) and, of course, home health providers.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 required the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) to design a prototype prospective payment system (PPS) for all post-acute care providers, as well as examine its potential impacts.
“Congress required that the design span the four [post-acute care] settings, and base payments on patient characteristics, not the setting,” Carol Carter, a principal policy analyst at MedPAC, said during the presentation.
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