tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 38

Home Health: HHA MARKET STABILIZING, FEDS MAINTAIN

But do publicly traded companies give a clear picture of the industry?  If lawmakers are looking for an excuse not to help out home health agencies this year, they may find it in a new government report on the home care industry. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' newly updated analysis of the home care market stresses that Medicare under the prospective payment system is agencies' payer of choice. "Smaller HHAs have shifted patient mix to favor Medicare patients as Medicare payments under the PPS offer the highest margins," CMS says in its report, "Health Care...

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