MedCity News August 11, 2022
In the current market where inflation and the costs of healthcare continue to rise, there’s a constant challenge in identifying where best to allocate a finite amount of funds.
Understandably, no easy decision exists, but consumer demand and, ultimately, what will make healthcare more accessible, convenient, cost-effective and better for patients must serve as our guide.
Thus, there are some care sectors where a reduction in federal funding is simply not feasible or sensible. Leading that list is home healthcare, a sector that has experienced significant growth during and following the peak of Covid-19 and continues to innovate for the benefit of its patients.
Despite this, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed a permanent 7.69%...