Sen. Lincoln Questions OMB Home Health Budget Cuts, Reliance on CMS Case Mix Data

During a Senate Finance Committee Hearing today on President Barack Obama’s 2010 Budget Proposal (NAHC Report, Feb. 26), a long-time Senate home health advocate questioned the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) proposed cuts to home health care payments. Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), in questioning OMB Director Peter Orszag, noted the proposed freeze in the…