Home Health
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday posted to Home Health Compare the first star ratings for home health patients’ experience of care.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday finalized its recommendations to provide no updates in fiscal year 2017 for Medicare payments to home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities or long-term care hospitals. In addition, the commission…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Oct. 29 released the home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS) final rule for calendar year (CY) 2016. Highlights of the rule follow in this Bulletin.
CMS yesterday issued a proposed rule revising discharge planning requirements for hospitals (including long-term care hospitals and inpatient rehabilitation facilities), critical access hospitals (CAHs) and home health agencies (HHAs) that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
The AHA Friday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to withdraw a proposed 3.41% coding cut in its proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system in calendar year 2016. The rule bases the proposed cut on an analysis of nominal case-mix change in CYs 2000 through 2009…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 8 released the physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2016.