Home health operators should dig in even further ahead of the Medicare reimbursement battle coming later this year, reports Home Health Care News.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2023 proposed payment rule for the nursing home industry earlier this month. In it, the agency called for a 3.9% increase to Medicare payments for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) – with a 4.6% cut to the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM).
Broadly, CMS says the downward adjustment to PDPM is to make up for the payment overhaul’s unintended payment boost to SNF operators.
Historically, SNFs have been the canary in the coal mine for home health agencies. What CMS does in the former, it often tries to do in the latter. Read more.
