And how we can impact the rules proposed by CMS Introduction The Rule-Making Process is one that all of us in the Home Health (HH) Industry should be acutely aware of. Unfortunately, it’s not as well know as what it should be. The Rule-Making Process (for us in HH)...
Changes aplenty. Will you be ready? This (CY2022) being year 2 under PDGM, there are numerous changes proposed in the CY2022 HH PPS Proposed Rule; most having to do with HH PPS (see § II of the Proposed Rule) and the HH VBP Model (see §III), which I will discuss...
The Home Health Cost Report The Home Health Medicare Cost Report is a document that must be completed and filed annually by all home health agencies (HHAs). Failure to do so can result in the termination of all cash-flows from the Medicare program and can also...
The MedPac Payment Policy Report The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPac) released their latest Medicare Payment Policy report to Congress on March 15, 2017. There are fourteen chapters and some additional administrative information in this report – see...
Do You Know Your Medicare Margins? Medicare Margins (as a % of Medicare revenues) have been bandied about for over a decade here in home health. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPac) and CMS are the two biggest promoters of this metric. MedPac submits...
This user-friendly, web-based app enables your agency to quickly and accurately project the financial outcome at the beginning of any/all episodes of care regardless of Payor.
