The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) released the CY2018 Medicare Home Health payment rule this week. The home health Market Basket Index inflation update for 2018 is preset at 1% along with the suspension of the annual Productivity Adjustment. While the proposal does not reference the 2% sequestration, it is definitely expected that such will continue in 2018.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Home Health PPS Final Rule on November 3, 2016. The Final Rule defines many changes in effect January 1, 2017. These changes include payment rates, HHRG Case Mix Weight recalibration, updates to the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing pilot program, and implements the coverage for Negative Pressure Wound Treatment using disposable systems.
In Change Request 9119, CMS provides clarifications and revisions to policies regarding physician certification and recertification for patient eligibility for Medicare home health services in the CY 2015 HH PPS final rule (published on November 6, 2014).
Topics: CMS, Face to Face, HHPPS
NAHC will be hosting an 'What Does The CMS Final Rule, 2015 Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Mean to You' educational opportunity on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern.
The Final Rule issued recently by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) includes a myriad of important policy changes in addition to the 2015 payment rates for home health services. Among those important changes is the major modification to the rule requiring a face-to-face encounter with a physician as a condition for payment in Medicare. The Final Rule includes so much more:
Topics: CMS, HHPPS, Home Health
On October 30, 2014, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule for Medicare's HH PPS payment rates and wage index for calendar year 2014.
Topics: HHPPS