BTSG (US)


June 23, 2025

Home Health: Potential Substance of Upcoming CY26 Medicare Rate Proposal [AMED, PNTG, BTSG, ADUS, AVAH]

By Beth Steindecker

In the upcoming CY26 Medicare payment proposal for home health (HH) agencies [AMED, PNTG, BTSG, ADUS, AVAH, UNH], which we expect within the next two weeks based on historical patterns, we think it is more…

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November 3, 2024

[AMED, EHAB, PNTG]: Final CY25 Medicare Home Health Rates In-Line and Foreshadow Future CMS Rate Pressures

By Beth Steindecker

Key Takeaways:  Changes to Medicare home health payments live up to expectations of a minimal increase, but with future negative adjustments following CMS’s release of its CY25 final rule Friday. As we wrote in mid-October,…

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October 9, 2024

Harris’ In-Home Care, Vision, Hearing Aid Medicare Coverage Proposal – Likely an Undelivered Promise

By Beth Steindecker

We are skeptical of enactment for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign proposal to add a Medicare in-home care benefit, along with vision and hearing aid coverage, even if she were to win (our base case)…

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