Posts Tagged ‘home health’
Effective immediately, the annual market basket updates are being reduced for 15 different types of Medicare services. The statute expressly provides, as to each of the following services that, as a result of these adjustments, a provider’s or supplier’s annual percentage increase, may be less than zero percent in a fiscal year and thus may […]
Filed under: Home Health Agencies, Hospitals, Nursing homes, Physicians, Providers | 1 Comment
Tags: health reform, healthcare reform, home health, hospital, hospital rates, long-term care hospital, market-basket updates, Medicare payment, Medicare reimbursement, nursing home, physicians, PPACA, psychiatric hospital, Public Law 111-48
The Health Reform law (otherwise known as the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” or “PPACA”) contains numerous provisions relevant to home health agencies (“HHAs”). Reimbursement changes Perhaps most important to HHAs themselves are a number of reimbursement changes. The HHA prospective payment system (“PPS”) will be rebased starting in 2014. HHA rates will be […]
Filed under: Home Health Agencies, Providers | Closed
Tags: health reform, healthcare reform, home health, Medicare payment, Medicare reimbursement, PPACA, Public Law 111-48
