Tag: TPS

HHVBP Continues to Show Cost Savings and Quality Home Health Care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the fourth annual report on the Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP)Demonstration, which includes data from calendar year (CY) 2019. This data will impact payment adjustments for participating home health agencies (HHAs) for CY 2021. The most notable part of the report is the cumulative savings of…

CMMI Releases Second Annual Report on Home Health Value Based Purchasing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations (CMMI) has issued the second annual report on the Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) program. The report reflects the performance of participating agencies and non- participating agencies (as a comparison group) for calendar years 2016 and 2017. The total points scores (TPS) for agencies in HHVBP states…

CMS Proposes Changes to HHVBP Model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its proposed home health rule on Monday, July 2, 2018. The rule contains payment rate updates for home health agencies for calendar year (CY) 2019 and a proposal for a revised payment model, Patient Directed Grouping Model, effective in CY 2020. In addition to payment updates,…