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Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare Urges CMS to Reverse Proposed Medicare Payment Cuts for 2024 to Protect Patient Access

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (the Partnership) submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on August 29 warning that the Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Home Health (HH) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule must not be finalized. The Partnership remains deeply concerned with the additional 5.65% payment cut to Medicare home healthcare services and the detrimental impact it will have on access to high-quality home healthcare services for millions of older Americans. Additionally, the Partnership continues to oppose CMS's methodological approach to calculating Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) behavioral adjustments and urges CMS to reconsider the methodology it finalized last year.

Key Points: 
  • Additionally, the Partnership continues to oppose CMS's methodological approach to calculating Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) behavioral adjustments and urges CMS to reconsider the methodology it finalized last year.
  • If CMS cuts payments further as proposed for 2024, access will be decimated
    The Partnership comments focus on the impact that cuts imposed under the PDGM methodology have had in 2023 and will have going forward if CMS continues its current course.
  • If CMS cuts payments further as proposed for 2024, access will be decimated."
  • The proposed cuts come at a time when data show access to home healthcare services is declining across the board and disadvantaged populations are experiencing inequitable access.

WellSky® Submits Comment Letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Regarding Home Health Proposed Payment Rule

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Wednesday, August 17, 2022

As a result, Medicare beneficiaries will likely have access to fewer home health options and services.

Key Points: 
  • As a result, Medicare beneficiaries will likely have access to fewer home health options and services.
  • In addition to the impact of the Proposed Rule on home health providers and, therefore, Medicare beneficiaries, it is important to note the downstream consequences for overall Medicare spending.
  • Under PDGM, the volume of therapy is not a measure within the payment model that affects the level of payment.
  • Our next-generation software, analytics, and services power better outcomes and lower costs for stakeholders across the health and community care continuum.

Mrs. Flowers Takes the Helm at Comfort Home Care, Rockville, MD

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Monday, May 9, 2022

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Mrs. Flowers has over 30+ years of clinical and nursing experience. She has played a significant role, spanning patient care, regulatory compliance, management, and most notably COVID prevention and treatment implementation and coordination strategies. With this experience, Mrs. Flowers will be an invaluable asset to Comfort Home Care.

Key Points: 
  • Mrs. Geraldine (Gerri) Flowers assumes the role as Chief Executive Officer of Comfort Home Care, effective May 9, 2022.
  • Flowers will be an invaluable asset to Comfort Home Care.
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  • Comfort Home Care provides license Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), Geriatric Nursing Assistants (GNAs) and Home Health Aides (HHAs)