tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 9

HOME HEALTH: President's Budget Proposal Leaves HHAs Alone

Big Medicaid cuts on the horizon, but Administration pushes home carePresident Bush's budget proposal for fiscal year 2006 marks the beginning of a long legislative session which could inflict great pain on home care providers.But the proposal itself has left home health agencies relieved, as it calls for no big cuts to Medicare - including the home care benefit.Positive: The President's proposal does not adopt the payment rate freezes the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has recommended, notes the National Association for Home Care & Hospice in its analysis of the budget.Negative: It does, however, incorporate the...

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