Final 2015 Home Health PPS Rules & Rates Published

The spooky present you did not want for Halloween! CMS publishing the Final 2015 Home Health PPS Rules & Rates.  This is a lengthy rule so this email will only be a brief summary.  You will receive more emails concerning the final rule next week.  The total economic impact is a $60 million reduction in home health Medicare payments for 2015.  There have been some slight changes to the 2015 base episode rate.  It has increased from the proposed rate of $2,922.76 to $2,961.38 or $38.62.  There has also been some slight changes in the LUPA Payment Rates and a slight decrease in the medical supply severity base payment rates.  We will report more on these and other issues in next week's emails.

We have scheduled a webinar titled "Understanding the Final 2015 Home Health PPS Rules and Rates" for November 20, 2014 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm EST.  The webinar will be held live, and the recording will also be available after November 20th.  The price for the webinar is $199 for your entire company, and you will able to view it multiple times for the one all-inclusive price.
 

Temporary Link to Final 2015 Home Health PPS Rules & Rates

The final rule will be published in the Federal Register on November 6th.  We will provide a new link at that time.

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