MedPAC Recommends Home Health Payment Rate Cut, Hospice Update Freeze

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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) unanimously voted Thursday, January 11, 2024, to recommend cutting the home health base payment rate by seven percent in CY2025 and freezing the hospice update to 2024 Medicare base payment rates for FY2025. MedPAC, which advises Congress on Medicare payment issues, previously released draft recommendations for these reductions in December 2023. If accepted […]

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NAHC President Bill Dombi Shares 2024 Industry Outlook

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Mark your calendar now to hear NAHC President Bill Dombi share expert insight on the big issues impacting home care, home health, and hospice in 2024. You will learn: Joined by Mike Dordick, McBee President and Netsmart SVP of Post-Acute Strategy, these two healthcare leaders will answer your questions and talk about what you need […]

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How to Navigate Legal & Operational Challenges in Long Term and Post-Acute Care

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The American Health Law Association (AHLA) annual conference, Long Term and Post-Acute Care Law and Compliance Program, February 26-28, is designed to meet the needs of individuals who work among a wide range of care settings, including assisted living, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice. This year’s conference promises to be an exciting and informative […]

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The State of Home Health and Hospice

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2023 has been a tumultuous year for home health and hospice. With increased pressure from surveys and a stronger focus on compliance impacts from recent CMS rules, plus an uptick in mergers and acquisitions, it’s hard to know what to make of it all. Join Bill Dombi, President of the National Association for Home Care […]

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MedPAC Draft Recommendation for Hospice Eliminates Rate Update

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Late last week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) held a meeting to discuss their draft recommendations for various Medicare programs for their upcoming annual report to Congress, which will be released in March 2024 (slides from the hospice discussion can be found HERE). The Chair’s draft recommendation for the Medicare hospice program, which most […]

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MedPAC Calls for 7 Percent Home Health Rate Cut

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Last week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) held their annual December public meeting to discuss payment rate adequacy across the Medicare program. For the Home Health session commissioners received a presentation from MedPAC staff on the current state of the benefit. Following are notable data points and recommendations from 2022 data: Quality of care […]

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Home Health Leaders: MedPAC Home Health Margin Estimates are Dangerously Flawed, Risk Misleading Policymakers

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Washington, DC – The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (the Partnership) and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) today expressed serious concerns about the validity and reliability of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC’s) initial presentation on home health margins at its December public meeting. MedPAC’s flawed approach and misleading conclusions fail […]

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TODAY! Home Health and Home Care Regulatory Update

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NAHC President Bill Dombi and Director of Medicaid Advocacy Damon Terzaghi will discuss current issues in the Home Health and Medicaid HCBS industry. The webinar with Farragut Square Consulting will provide updates and information on: Interested parties can learn more and register at https://mwe.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k6mhlsA8RxC75esbQ9d_-g#/registration.

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