HOME HEALTH: $20 Million Cut From HHA Spending In 2005
Tinkering with inflation factor strips nearly $4.50 from episode base payment rate.Get ready to tighten your budget belt more than you expected starting in January.Your home health agency may have to go on a fiscal diet now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has dialed back its payment update for 2005 from a 2.5- to 2.3-percent increase over current payment rates.Back in June, CMS proposed a prospective payment system base payment rate of $2,268.70 for calendar year 2004. But now CMS says the '04 rate will be $2,264...
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