PPS Reform: Non-routine Supplies Subject to Major Changes

The Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment System (HHPPS) Refinement and Rate Update for Calendar Year 2008 final rule was released to the public on August 22, 2007. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included the annual payment rate update, changes to case-mix, and revisions to the structure of HHPPS in this rule. One…