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Home Health

This section contains important advocacy and regulatory information for nonprofit Medicare-certified home health service providers reimbursed under Medicare Parts A and B, Medicare Advantage and the Veterans Administration. LeadingAge provides updates on funding and regulations that impact Medicare Certified home health, research reports released about Medicare Certified home health, and resources and information to assist not for profit Medicare Certified home health providers to operate quality services and remain financially viable in a competitive market.

LeadingAge and Home Health Members: Partners in Providing Quality Care to Older Adults

  1. LeadingAge Responds to Home Health Proposals

    Overview The rule proposes a payment update of 1.5% mandated by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 but the effects of that can be severely impacted by the design of the behavior assumption adjustment in the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) which reduces the proposed rates by just over 8%. Additionally, the proposal ...

  2. Congress Returns with Packed Agenda

    Affordable Housing Appropriations: The budget agreement signed into law on August 2 by President Trump raised defense and nondefense discretionary spending caps for fiscal years 2020 and 2021. The deal allows for but does not accomplish on its own, enactment of this year's FY20 appropriations bills. Before the new ...

  3. September is National Disaster Preparedness Month

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  4. Disaster Resources: Preparedness, Response and Recovery

    LeadingAge Disaster Resources: Preparedness, Response and Recovery Community-Based: Preparedness | Pandemic Flu Resources | 

  5. New Issue Brief Explains When Plans Must Pay Out of Network Providers

    When these infrequent situations arise, providers are often confused about the payment rate for the services provided. Many providers wonder if they are entitled to the Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) rate or the rate set under the MA plan for ...