Best Clinical Practices for Home Health

2017 CMS Payment changes affecting certified hhas.

2017 Medicare Payment Changes for Home Health Agencies (CMS-1648-F) include...

  • Payment Policy Provisions

  • Rebasing the 60-day Episode Rate

  • Updates to Reflect Case-Mix Growth

  • Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)

  • Change in Methodology and the Fixed-Dollar Loss (FDL) Ratio Used to Calculate Outlier Payments

  • Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) Update

  • Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model

 

OASIS C2 Best Practices

Download the 2017 CMS Final Rule Regarding Home Health Payment Updates.