Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: CY 2022 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model Requirements and Proposed Model Expansion; Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements; Home Infusion Therapy Services Requirements; Survey and Enforcement Requirements for Hospice Programs; Medicare Provider Enrollment Requirements; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Quality Reporting Program Requirements; and Long-term Care Hospital Quality Reporting Program Requirements

Pre-publication notice of proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updating the home health and home infusion therapy services payment rates for calendar year (CY) 2022. This rule also proposes changes to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (QRP), making permanent selected regulatory waivers related to home health aide supervision implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, and expanding the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model. Also discusses survey and enforcement requirements for hospice programs and quality reporting program requirements for inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals, among other things. Comments on this proposed rule are due by August 27, 2021.
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