On July 25th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment rates for home health agencies (HHAs) in CY 2018, implement a new case-mix methodology for CY 2019, and update reporting requirements to comply with provisions of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act for CY 2020.
CMS will accept comments on the proposed rule until September 25th. A summary is attached. The full proposed rule is available here.