Prepare For Impact: The New CMS Home Health Payment Model

You may or may not have noticed, but on October 31, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) replaced the Home Health Prospective Payment System (PPS) with the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). Implementation of the new payment system is scheduled for on about January 1, 2020 (see Medicare Establishes New Payment System For Home Health). This is the most significant change to the home health Medicare benefit reimbursement model since the Interim Payment System was introduced in 1998, the precursor to the Prospective Payment System (PPS . . .