At its December 4 meeting, the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) reviewed payment data on payment adequacy and potential payment updates and recommendations for its March 2026 report to Congress. This discussion included an update on post-acute care payments and an assessment of hospital performance.
MedPAC commissioners...Arizona News
The United States alleged that the home health agency operator Bayada purchased two of Watermark’s properties in Arizona to induce referrals of Medicare beneficiaries. A former Bayada executive earned about $3.8M for blowing the whistle.
Based in Tucson, Watermark manages 79 senior retirement homes but the scheme was designed around...CMS Rules
Last Friday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule for the 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System. The proposal shocked the home health industry by enforcing an aggregate decrease of 2.2% for Medicare payments to home health agencies (HHAs).
The cut arises from a proposed pay bump of 2.7%...CMS Rules
Although budget cuts are still coming, home health agencies will receive a 0.7% pay increase, equaling $125 million, rather than the proposed $810 million budget cut, under the finalized rule for the Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update.
According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), this increase...News
Optima Healthcare Solutions white paper discusses the possible expansion of the MA program, and expected continuation of value-based care and the COP rule
Home health agencies are preparing to comply with new conditions of participation (COP) rules July 13, 2017. The new COP regs are the first comprehensive update from CMS since...
