CMS Pauses Home Health Pre-Claim Review, Won't Expand Demonstration

To the delight of home health providers, CMS on Friday (March 31) announced it has paused the home health pre-claim review demonstration for at least 30 days in Illinois, and will not expand the program to Florida in April. The National Association for Home Care and Hospice said CMS Administrator Seema Verma had requested a meeting with providers to hear about the problems with the program, and home health stakeholders met with the new CMS chief days before CMS' announcement...