The rule imposes the following changes:
- Increases to the national, per-visit payment rates
- Reduces the non-routine medical supplies conversion factory by 2.82 percent
- Reduces the national, standardized 60-day episode rate by $80.95, bringing it to $2,961.38 in 2015.
Given the changes, CMS predicts Medicare payments to home health agencies in 2015 will be reduced by 0.3 percent, or roughly $60 million.
This recent rule is one of several changes for 2015 that reflect a broader administration-wide strategy to deliver better care at a lower cost by finding better ways to deliver care, pay providers, and use information.
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