CMS Shoots for Home Health Industry Stability in Proposed Payment Rule for 2021

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed home health payment rule for 2021 last Thursday — the first time in a number of years the agency has done so in June.

With relatively minimal changes, CMS’s proposal grants the home health industry a level of much-needed stability during a chaotic period that’s dually marked by COVID-19 and the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM).

Among other things, CMS’s proposal pushes to make certain telehealth changes that were introduced during the COVID-19 emergency permanent.

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