Everyone in the home-based care industry is trying to catch their breath after what appears to be a significant blow to the ...

A new payment model and reimbursement cuts are straining home health agencies, but more data may be needed to fully evaluate the model, advocates and researchers said. Published Sept. 20, 2023 ...

On Monday, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled its proposal for the 2026 home health payment rule. Providers and industry ...

A Raymond James analyst is warning that a just proposed 6.4% cut in Medicare payments to home health care agencies in 2026 ...

Home health agencies would see a $485-million payment decrease through adjustments to the 60-day episode rate, per-visit payment rates and non-routine medical supplies conversion factor, CMS said.

More than half of the nation’s nearly 12,000 home health agencies would operate at a deficit if the Biden administration implements a proposed — and permanent — 7.7% cut of $1.33 billion in ...

The Biden administration issued a proposal Friday to cut reimbursements to home health providers by 2.2% next year, or an estimated $375 million less than 2023 payment levels.

The National Association of Home Care and Hospice sued the Biden administration to halt the government’s recent proposed rule that would cut Medicare payments to home health agencies by 2.2% in ...

While the proposed cuts are 7.96 percent, CMS also proposed a 2.9 percent pay increase for home health agencies in 2023, making the net cut closer to 5 percent or about $810 million, according to ...

Days after the Biden administration proposed hundreds of millions in 2024 pay cuts for home health providers, an industry association is suing the government over similar adjustments at the heart ...

The reductions stem from overpayments CMS said it made to home health agencies following the introduction of a new payment model in 2020. The Home Health Patient-Driven Groupings Model is intended ...

Home health agencies have written to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services protesting the proposed 4.2% payment rate cut in the 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update and ...