CMS to Begin Covering Disposable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

In the  final rule for the 2017 home health prospective payment (HHPPS) rate update the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)  issued policies for coverage and payment for disposable negative pressure wound therapy (dNPWT). The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 requires a separate payment to a home health agency (HHA) for dNPWT furnished on or…