Medicare cuts concern Kentucky home health leaders

Kentucky home health leaders are expressing concern over proposed Medicare cuts to senior care services, which they estimate will have an $18 million impact to Medicare home health in Kentucky next year.

The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare, which is asking Congress to halt the action, says a proposed rule to update the home health payment system in 2023, issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will include a permanent 7.69% cut to Medicare home health services, plus billions of dollars in additional cuts.

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