by John Reisinger | Oct 30, 2015 | 2016 HH PPS Rule, FINAL Rule for 2016, Home Health PPS Rule
CMS has issued the pre-publication version of: CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements today (10/29/15) at 4:15 pm. This is available at the Federal Register...
by John Reisinger | Aug 10, 2015 | 2016 HH PPS Rule, Home Health PPS Rule
The HH PPS Proposed Rule for 2016 was published in the Federal Register on July 10, 2015. here is our Bookmarked HH PPS Proposed Rule for 2016 v1 There has been a lot of talk about the changes headed for Home Health; the biggest of which, the Value-Based...
by John Reisinger | Aug 27, 2014 | 2015 HH PPS Rule, Rebasing
CMS has noted what their calculated rates are going to be for Year 2 of Rebasing as per the Proposed Rule for 2015 HH PPS. We have issue with the calculated costs for an episode for a number of reasons; applicable to the amounts as calculated per your original...
by John Reisinger | Aug 27, 2014 | 2015 HH PPS Rule, Home Health PPS Rule, Outliers
CMS did not propose any changes to the Outlier Provision for 2015. I believe that this is the first time in several years that no changes have been proposed by CMS to this provision. However, that does not impact my following comment in regards to the Outlier...
by John Reisinger | Nov 20, 2012 | 2012 FINAL Rule for HH PPS, Financial Analysis, Financial Management, Home Health PPS Rule
In the 12+ years that PPS has been around for the home health industry, the Outlier Provision has been in existence. Let me tell you right off that I have been against the Outlier Provision since Day 1! I have always felt that 99+% of the HHAs would do better off...
