CMS Proposes Payment Rate Update to Home Health in 2022

Proposal to expand HHVBP demonstration nationwide 4.36% behavioral adjustment remains The 2022 proposed Medicare home health rates represent a simple inflation rate update, a proposal to recalibrate the case mix weights while maintaining the Low Utilization Payment Adjustment (LUPA) threshold amounts. A scheduled phasing-out of the rural add-on, and the continuation of outlier payment standards, with…