Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2020 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements; and Home Infusion Therapy Requirements

Pre-publication notice of final rule with comment period from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding updates to the home health prospective payment system (HH PPS) and wage index for CY 2020. Among other things, the final rule implements changes to the unit payment from 60-day episodes of care to 30-day periods of care, allows physical, occupational, and speech-language pathology therapist assistants to provide maintenance therapy, makes changes to home health quality reporting program measures, and updates home infusion therapy payment rates for CY 2020. The final rule will be effective January 1, 2010 and comments are due by December 30, 2019.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news