Medicare issues home health PPS notice The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a notice to update the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) for calendar year 2009.
GAO-04-359 February 27, 2004 Under Medicare's home health prospective payment system (PPS), home health agencies (HHA) are paid a fixed amount, adjusted for differences in individual patients' expected care needs, for providing an episode (up to 60 days) of care.
Therapy thresholds: New codes in place for 2008 HHPPS requires agencies to start preparation now Three different therapy thresholds, a new payment model for non-routine medical supplies, and additional questions for OASIS are just a few of the changes in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Home Health Prospective Payment System (HHPPS) for 2008.
National home care groups to hammer out PPS strategy By MATTHEW HAY HHBR Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The five national home care associations will meet Tuesday along with the American Hospital Association (AHA; Washington) and the American Health Care Association (AHCA; Washington) to coordinate a strategy for bringing about hoped-for changes in the Health Care Financing Administrations (HCFA; Baltimore) proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system (PPS).
The bill would establish long term home aide-type care for dependent individuals and long term care for frail individuals if such care would allow them to stay at home; substitute adult day care services for home health services when appropriate; and provide $250 million per year for extra home health payments for difficult cases served before the start of the home health prospective payment system.
Although home health staff are struggling to understand the rules for the home health prospective payment system (PPS), physicians are even less aware of the requirements.
