CMS ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: 2017 HOME HEALTH PAYMENT RATES, VALUE-BASED PURCHASING PILOT, AND MORE

The proposed changes to home health prospective payment rates are within NAHC’s expectations given the 4-year phase-in of rate rebasing that started in 2014. CMS is capped at reducing the base episode rate by no more than $80.95 which is equal to 3.5% of the 2010 base rates. The proposal imposes such a cut offset…