tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 8

Home Care: Home Care Cuts On The Horizon

Increased Medicare bill cost estimate puts HHAs at risk.Just when home health agencies are taking a breather after their epic fight against copayments in 2003, it's time to man the defenses again for this year's congressional session.The Office of Management and Budget recently issued a new - and significantly higher - cost estimate for the Medicare reform bill President Bush signed into law in December. Just weeks after the law's enactment, the estimated cost went from $400 billion to $534 billion over the next 10 years.After passage of last year's landmark bill, most observers agreed that...

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