tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 13

Home Health: HOME HEALTH INDUSTRY GRAPPLES WITH SPENDING GROWTH FIGURES

Home care providers' efforts to secure reimbursement relief from Congress may have taken a hit when the Medicare trustees released 2002 spending figures for the industry. Home health agency spending grew 24 percent, durable medical equipment spending shot up 20 percent and, more specifically, motorized wheelchair spending jumped 28 percent over 2001 figures, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services chief Tom Scully said at a March 17 Open Door Forum for home health. Scully cited the 2003 Medicare trustees' report, released that day, which analyzes the solvency of the program's trust funds. The implication was that the dramatic growth...

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