Bipartisan Group Of 49 Senators To CMS: Scrap Proposed Home Health Cuts

A bipartisan group of 49 senators on Tuesday (Sept 26) wrote to HHS Secretary Tom Price and CMS Administrator Seema Verma urging them not to move forward with the proposed 2018 home health payment cuts that rely on a new home health groupings model until stakeholders can fully analyze the impact of the proposed rule. The senators' letter follows a Friday (Sept 22) letter from Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT) that also asks the agency not to finalize...