133 House Lawmakers Urge Against Home Health Pay Cuts

By John Wilkerson / September 23, 2015 at 2:18 PM
A bipartisan group of 133 House lawmakers sent a letter to CMS urging against Medicare pay cuts for home health services. Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) spearheaded the letter and has been gathering support since the August recess. The lawmakers don't want CMS to follow through with its proposal to cut home health pay by 1.72 percent in each of two years on top of pay rebasing. They say CMS seems to have based the case mix adjustment on an outdated...

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