The Home
Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVP) Model Demonstration will begin on January
1, 2016 in nine states. The state are
Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Washington, Arizona, Iowa,
Nebraska, and Tennessee. This
demonstration will require all Medicare certified home health agencies in those
nine states to participate.
Unfortunately agencies in those states are really participating in the
program now, because the base year for the HHVP is 2015. This will be one of the largest changes ever
for home health agency Medicare payments.
Medpac the
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission issued comments on August 18, 2015 on the
HHVP. Medpac has been historically
critical of home health. They constantly
seem to look for deeper cuts in Medicare reimbursement for home health. This report actually states it believe that
CMS has gone too far on the number of measures in the HHVP. They recommend CMS reduce the number of
measures. They also would like CMS to
focus more on actual scores and focus less on improvement.
The final
rules are due to be reported by October 31, 2015. This may have some changes to the HHVP. This will only provide a 60 day notice to the
home health agencies in the nine states that are required to participate in the
program. We have decided to hold two one
day seminars titled “Winning Strategies – Home Health Value Based
Payments”. This seminar will be held on
November 10th in Louisville, KY and November 17th in
Orlando, FL. We will discuss the final
rules and their impact on the home health value based purchasing model, How to
succeed under HHVP, Review the final home health rules and rates for 2016, and
SMART marketing to grow and prosper. We
hope to see you at one of the seminars.
To view the
Medpac Report go to:
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