tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 23

HOME HEALTH: Hospital Transfer Policy Could Choke Off Referrals

CMS proposes reducing DRG payments for patients who go to home care.Home health agencies trying to secure hospital referrals may have even more challenges this fall if a hospital payment proposal flies.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants to expand hospitals' post-acute transfer policy in a big way. That's the policy that pays hospitals a per diem amount, rather than the whole diagnosis related group payment, if a patient receives home care services within three days of hospital discharge. The rule aims to keep hospitals from discharging patients too quickly and pocketing the profits.Currently, the...

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