February 19, 2025
[CHE, ADUS, Gentiva, Compassus]: CMS Grants Hospices Their Wish on SFP But Careful What You Wish For
While hospices [CHE, ADUS, private Gentiva, Compassus] are receiving a reprieve for now from more intensive oversight and the threat of termination from Medicare after CMS announced it was going to sideline the statutorily mandated…
November 3, 2024
[AMED, EHAB, PNTG]: Final CY25 Medicare Home Health Rates In-Line and Foreshadow Future CMS Rate Pressures
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,…
October 17, 2024
[AMED, EHAB, PNTG]: History Suggests Slight Home Health Medicare Rate Increase, But Risk of a Cut Remains Unappreciated
Key Takeaways: Medicare reimbursement history suggests home health agencies are in store for a very low single-digit increase YoY in overall Medicare payments and their 30-day base rate when CMS issues its final CY25 payment…