CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2018 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update and CY 2019 Case-Mix Adjustment Methodology Refinements; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements

Final rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updating several payment parameters within the home health prospective payment system (HH PPS). The rule also finalizes the sunset of the rural add-on provision, effective for episodes of care ending on or after January 1, 2018. Provisions of the rule take effect January 1, 2018.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news