Congressional Budget Office
Save the Medicare Home Health Program
The home health community is seeking support for legislation to curb dire cuts to Medicare home healthcare services. The Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023 (S.2137/H.R. 5159), introduced by Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) and Representatives Terri Sewell (AL-7) and Adrian Smith (NE-3), would safeguard access to essential home-based, clinically advanced […]
Read MoreBill to Enable Non-Physician Practitioners to Certify Home Health Introduced in Senate
Long-time home care champions Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) have introduced the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S. 296) in the 116th Congress. This long-standing NAHC priority legislation would enable non-physician practitioners the authority to certify home health orders under Medicare. In the past, this legislation has enjoyed strong, widespread bipartisan […]
Read MoreCBO Report: Medicaid Managed Care Growing, but Questions about Effectiveness Remain
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a report, Exploring the Growth of Medicaid Managed Care, analyzing the current state of managed care in the states, enrollment changes over time, a breakdown of spending between fee-for-service Medicaid and managed care, and the factors that influence them. Increasing the predictability of outlays on Medicaid and improving […]
Read MoreCBO Projects a Decade of Strong Growth in Home Health Spending
Federal spending on home health will reach $32 billion a year by 2028, according to projections in the annual revenues and outlays estimates by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO estimates federal spending on home health rising $1.4 billion per year for the next ten years, reaching $32 billion from the current $18 […]
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