Dombi - winter 2017
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MedPAC <strong>2017</strong> March Report to Congress – Most Medicare<br />
provider types assessed for payment adequacy<br />
HOME HEALTH:<br />
2015 average margin: 15.6% (11.1 est. <strong>2017</strong>)<br />
Access to care<br />
◦ 12,346 HHAs (-115 since 2014)<br />
Capital OK<br />
RECOMMENDATIONS:<br />
5% cut in 2018<br />
Elimination of therapy utilization as a payment level<br />
determinant under HHPPS<br />
The institution of a second round of rate rebasing in 2019<br />
National Association for Home & Hospice<br />
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