NAHC Seeks Immediate Resolution of Outlier Underpayments

Since January 2010 an error in Medicare’s home health payment system related to outlier payments has created ever-increasing underpayments to providers who serve the sickest of home health patients. Outlier payments are additional payments made to the 60-day case-mix adjusted episode payments for beneficiaries who incur unusually large costs. These beneficiaries received additional services to…