CMS Notifies Contractors of New Pay Rates with Home Health Rural Add-on

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has advised the Regional Home Health Intermediaries (RHHIs) and New England Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) regarding updates to episodic and per-visit rates under the Home Health Prospective Payment System with the new 3 percent rural add-on factored in. The rates published in Transmittal 647 (C.R. 6955) apply…