The Home Health 2027 Proposed Rule is Out

Written By Annette Lee

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Proposed Rule today. There is a sense of relief regarding the 2.4% increase, after the recent yearly cuts.

While this proposal appears relatively quiet and tame for home health, it includes several hospice enrollment and program integrity proposals that are quite intriguing.  I've divided up the impacts for both HH and Hospice below. 

The proposal, in it's entirety, can be found here:

2027 Home Health PPS Proposed Rule
Download the Impact Breakdown Here
Annette Lee

Founder Annette Lee built Provider Insights to give home health and hospice providers peace of mind. She’s had decades of experience at CMS and provided many years of consultancy services—including contracting as a Medicare Administrator with MAC.

She speaks Medicare-ese fluently and knows how to make the most complicated rules make sense for patient-centered providers who don’t have the time to dissect every rule. Agencies that work with Provider Insights can rest assured they’re fully compliant with the regulations that are in place today. And they’ll stay compliant when those regulations change tomorrow.

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