CMS Issues Final Rule: 2017 Home Health Payment Rates, Value-Based Purchasing Pilot & More

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the 338 page Final Rule late today, October 31, 2016, giving the home care world a “trick or treat” night to remember. The final rule includes the expected annual payment rate update along with modifications of the HHRG case mix weights due to a recalibration and…