Price, McGovern Gather Support To Delay Home Health Pre-Claim Review Demo

Reps. Tom Price (R-GA) and Jim McGovern (D-MA) are urging colleagues to support legislation that would delay the home health pre-claim review demonstration for a year. CMS earlier this month paused expansion of the demonstration beyond Illinois, saying “additional education efforts will be helpful before expansion of the demonstration to other states.” Earlier this year, CMS indicated in a Paperwork Reduction Act notice that it was interested in subjecting home health claims in five “high risk fraud states” -- Florida,...