Home Health
CMS November 1 issued a final rule that updates home health prospective payment system payments for calendar year 2018 and makes changes to the HH quality reporting program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released the final rule for the home health prospective payment system for calendar year 2018. For CY 2018, the rule decreases net HH payments by 0.4 percentage points, or $80 million, relative to CY 2017.
Proposed Rule for CY 2018 for Home Health PPS
On July 28, the CMS published its calendar year 2018 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system.
The CMS, July 25 issued a proposed rule that would update home health prospective payment system payments for calendar year 2018 and change the HH quality reporting program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released the proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system for calendar year 2018, which also proposes major HH PPS refinements for CY 2019. For CY 2018, the rule would decrease net HH payments by 0.4 percentage point, or $80…