Home Health Care News March 14, 2025
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) for the second year in a row called on Congress to reduce Medicare fee-for-service home health payments by 7%.
In addition, the commission reported that the number of home health care agencies (HHAs) participating in Medicare increased in 2023, even though the number of beneficiaries decreased.
In regards to its recommended rate cuts, MedPAC cited high margins for HHAs, which it claims have experienced overpayments for more than 20 years. The commission projects that aggregated FFS Medicare margins for HHAs will reach 19% in 2025.
In 2023, approximately 2.7 million FFS Medicare beneficiaries received home health care, with the program spending $15.7 billion on these services. That year, over 12,000 HHAs were certified to...
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