CMS Releases the Final HH PPS Rule for 2014

CMS released the final 2014 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rule.

LeadingAge New York will be reviewing the HH PPS and provide members with greater detail.  

The press release from CMS stated the final rule reduces Medicare payments by 1.05 percent. According to the release, "This amount reflects the combined effects of an increase in the home health payment update percentage of 2.3 percent, offset by a decrease of 2.7 percent  - the result of rebasing the adjustment required by the ACA- and a 0.6 percent decrease due to a refinement of the HH PPS Grouper."

The final rule also adds two new quality measures, which require reporting of unnecessary hospital readmissions and preventable emergency room visits.

The final rule will be published in the Federal Register on Dec. 2.

Contact: Cheryl Udell, cudell@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8871