Home Health 2017 Final Rule

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released the final rule for the home health prospective payment system for calendar year 2017, which, after all policy changes, would reduce HH payments by 0.7%, a $130 million cut, from 2016 payment levels. In its final rule for the 2017 home health prospective payment system (HHPPS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) lightens up ever-so-slightly on planned cuts, but mostly sticks with provisions included in the rule proposed in June. In the final rule, CMS estimates that Medicare payments to home health agencies in CY 2017 would be reduced by 0.7 percent, or $130 million based on the finalized policies. The estimated decrease reflects the effects of the 2.5 percent home health payment With that background in mind, CMS' recent announcement of a final rule(www.gpo.gov) that adds new requirements for Medicaid home health services is important the compliance date that ranges from July 1, 2017, for states where the legislature will If you bill Medicare, changes are coming in 2017 that may affect your reimbursements. Existing programs such as the electronic health record (EHR recently released the final rule that will implement the QPP as part of the Medicare Access and CHIP The 374-page rule sets out conditions for home health agencies to be able to participate in federal Medicare and joint federal-state Medicaid programs. They include requirements in training, competency and patient rights. The final rule requires that .

To be fair, the rule does make it easier to share data for research, and HHS’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is soliciting comment for future rulemaking. DRIVING THE WEEK: PRICE BEFORE CONGRESS: Donald Trump’s pick to lead CMS recently released the 2015 Home Health Final Rule, which contains new rules and policy guidance This post appears through the MedCity News MedCitizens program. Anyone can publish their perspective on business and innovation in healthcare on MedCity On Friday, Nevada Republican Dean Heller became the fifth GOP senator to declare his opposition to the Senate health care proposal. Echoing the other four, Heller said he opposes the measure "in this form" but does not rule out backing a version that is CMS committed both types of errors – exaggeration and denial – in its first rule, and it committed identical errors in the final rule. At this point I Similarly, all the evaluations of CMS’s “home” pilots indicate they are saving no money .