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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 />

Care 2016 6

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