The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a March 31 audio webcast to receive potential home health payment revisions to ensure access to care for all beneficiaries and appropriate payment adjustments for patients’ severity of illness. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires CMS to study home health agency costs associated with providing ongoing care to Medicare beneficiaries who have low incomes, live in medically underserved areas and have varying levels of illness severity, and recommend appropriate legislative and administrative action to Congress.
[ via AHA News Now ]
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