While home health is often discussed as a post-acute Medicare benefit, nearly half of patients are admitted through the community rather than after a ...

New Year, new reimbursement model … for our home health counterparts, that is. Just as skilled nursing providers have settled in to the shift associated with the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), ...

The Biden administration issued a proposal Friday to cut reimbursements to home health providers by 2.2% next year, or an estimated $375 million less than 2023 payment levels. The Centers for Medicare ...

Regrettably, PDGM rewards waste and abuse in the Medicare program, by paying home health agencies prospectively, allowing agencies to steer the delivery of services to certain beneficiaries and to ...

As the U.S. ages and seniors opt for in-home care, lawmakers are stressing the importance of robust home health services. Still, provider and patient advocate witnesses at a Senate Finance Committee ...

Under the Patient-Driven Grouping Model, spending on home healthcare services is down -- way down. In fact, according to an analysis from health economics and policy consulting firm Dobson DaVanzo and ...