Post-Acute Care Groups: Pass Bill To Delay Unified Payment System

Post-acute care trade organizations have come together in support of legislation that would reset the implementation timeline for the development of a unified post-acute care payment system so the system prototype can reflect recent payment changes for post-acute providers and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Health Care Association, American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association, LeadingAge, National Association for Home Care & Hospice and National Association of Long Term Hospitals penned a letter to the bill’s original sponsors, Rep...