tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2009 Issue 2

Prospective Payment System: MedPAC To Congress: Slash HHA Payments By 10%

The influential advisory body takes agency profit margins to task in its latest recommendations. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has dealt a serious blow to home health agencies hoping to fend off major Medicare payment cuts next year. In its Jan. 8 meeting, the influential advisory body to Congress approved three recommendations that will likely result in cuts of at least 10 percent to Medicare payment rates over the next few years. In a set of three recommendations that MedPAC will include in its March report to Congress, the commission asks Congress to: 1) Eliminate the inflation update for...

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