Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update for Calendar Year 2013, Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements, etc.

July 13, 2012
In the proposed rule, on display in the Federal Register July 13, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes to reduce Medicare payments to home health agencies in calendar year (CY) by 2013 0.1 percent, or $20 million. The proposed decrease reflects the combined effects of the home health market basket and wage index updates and previously finalized reductions to the home health prospective payment system (HH PPS) rates to account for changes in coding practices. The rule proposes to rebase and revise the home health market basket to ensure that it continues to . . .