The entire home health industry is awaiting the release of the final payment rule for 2023, which should be released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) at some point over the next two weeks.
The anxiousness is due to the home health proposed payment rule, which included a 4.2% aggregate decrease in payments – or $810 million – and an avenue for future CMS clawbacks of perceived overpayments to providers, Home Health Care News reports.
Industry leaders and stakeholders have advocated against those cuts relentlessly over the past few months. They’ve also tried to gain traction on legislation, namely through the Preserving Access to Home Health Act, which was introduced in both the Senate and House in the summer. The final route to avoid payment cuts would be through legal action. Read more.
