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CMS Home Health Final Rule for CY 2018

Held November 17, 2017

Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the final rule for calendar year 2018 for the home health (HH) prospective payment systems. The HH PPS final rule decreases net HH payments by 0.4 percentage points, or $80 million, relative to CY 2017. In addition, as urged by the AHA, CMS did not finalize the major modifications to the PPS, called the home health groupings model, that it had proposed to make effective Jan. 1, 2019. Instead, the agency stated that it will further engage with stakeholders in moving toward a revised payment system. See AHA's Special Bulletin for a detailed summary.

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