tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 38

Home Health: HHA RATES INCREASE, BUT THE MATH IS COMPLICATED

Hospice billing trickier for new rates.Oct. 1 ushered in a new fiscal year for the government, and that means new FY 2004 payment rates for home health agencies. HHAs' rates increased 3.3 percent for the coming year, with a base payment rate of $2,230.65 per episode. While the base payment rate for home health episodes increased, that doesn't mean every HHA will see higher payment rates starting Oct. 1, points out consultant Melinda Gaboury with Nashville, TN-based Healthcare Provider Solutions. Agencies whose wage indices were lowered this year might find that decrease cancels out the...

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