Home Health Care News September 11, 2024
Yet another significant cut to home health payments has been proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2025. For providers, that means more pushback against cuts is in order, locally and in Washington, D.C. But it also means preparing for a world where Medicare fee-for-service is no longer a reliable backbone.
CMS proposed a permanent prospective adjustment to the CY 2025 home health payment rate of -4.067% back in June. All in all, the agency proposed a 1.7% cut to aggregate home health payments next year.
Providers have experienced cuts in the previous two years, but have also seen CMS back off more severe cuts in the time between the proposed and final payment rules in...
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