Dozens Of House Lawmakers Urge CMS To Drop Proposed Home Health Pay Cuts

About two dozen lawmakers have signed a letter urging CMS to drop two proposals that would cut pay for home health services, according to a spokesperson for Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR). The lawmakers are targeting case mix cuts and the mandatory value-based payment program. Walden spokesperson Andrew Malcolm said there is strong, bipartisan member interest in the issue. “We have about two dozen signed on at this point, which is a lot for August recess,” Malcolm wrote in an email...