Final Rule For Medicare & Medicaid Programs; CY 2022 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) issued the final rule on November 9, 2021. It updates the home health and home infusion therapy services payment rates for calendar year (CY) 2022. It expands the home health value-based purchasing program nationwide, and ends the current pilot one year early. CMS finalized proposed modifications to the effective date for the reporting of measures and certain standardized patient assessment data in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) QRP and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) QRP. In addition, this final rule codifies certain Medicare provider and supplier enrollment policies. It also makes permanent . . .