CMS Issues Instructions to Contractors on the 2016 HHPPS Rate Updates

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued Change Request (CR)9406/Transmittal 3383  that provides instructions to the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) on the home health prospective payment system (HHPPS) rate update for calendar year 2016. The transmittal instructs the contractors on the system changes necessary to implement the changes to the Market Basket…