The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final rule updating the Home Health Agencies (HHA) payment rates and policies for the calendar year (CY) 2025 Home Health prospective payment system (PPS). CMS estimates a 2.7% increase, but when combined with the behavioral offset...
The final rule is part of the administration’s focus on nursing home reform and comes a year after President Biden issuedExecutive Order No. 14095requiring the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider actions that would reduce staffing turnover, which is as...
The CMS 2025 Hospice Final Rule was released on July 30, 2024. Catch our summary and links to helpful resources.
The article reports on the net decrease of 0.86 percent in Medicare payments for home health agencies proposed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2010. The proposed rule includes a 2.2 percent market basket update and states that CMS is considering additional coding...
On December 28, 2024, a long-awaited Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule became effective, significantly updating laboratory personnel requirements under Subpart M of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement...more CMS Cracks Down on Responsible Party Liability in LTC Admission Agreeme...
Development of five new optional Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathways for the Quality Payment Program for reporting beginning in 2024. CMS proposes an expansion of the regulations related to exclusion from the Medicare program. The proposed rule would allow CMS to revoke a provide...
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CMS on Thursday (Oct. 31) halved a proposed behavioral adjustment cut in its final home health pay rule meant to offset potential spending increases under a new home health payment model after industry backlash. Under the final rule, this cut is based on the assumed behavior of home he...
Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2024. This final rule updates payment rates, including implementing the second phase of the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) parity adjustment recalibration. This final rule also updates the diagnosi...
CMS rule touches on homebound and telehealth usage for HH and hospice - CMS issued an interim final rule on March 30 that provides some clarification fo...