tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 26

Rehab: HHA Therapy Threshold May Not Hold With New PPS

PPS tune-up will likely include big changes for therapists.The first overhaul of the prospective payment system is slated to take effect in a year and a half, and therapists working in home health agencies could see some significant changes. In the Department of Health and Human Services' latest semiannual regulatory agenda, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says this December it will issue a proposed rule containing major PPS changes.   "This rule proposes the first major refinements to the payment system since its implementation in October of 2000," CMS says in the agenda...

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