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Home Health PPS Proposed Rule for CY2023: More Bad News for the Home Health Industry

Hall Render

On Friday, June 17, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update (“PPS Rule”). CMS’s data shows a downward trend in utilization in 2020 but then an increase in utilization in 2021.

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Government Watchdogs Attack Medicare Advantage for Denying Care and Overcharging

Kaiser Health News

The watchdogs also recommended imposing limits on home-based “health assessments,” arguing these visits can artificially inflate payments to plans without offering patients appropriate care. Enrollment more than doubled over the past decade, reaching nearly 27 million people in 2021. Bliss said Medicare paid $2.6

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