New York -- January 06, 2020
For many, January brings in new starts and new year’s resolutions. For home health agencies (HHAs), Jan. 1, 2020 marks the start of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) implementation of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) which aims to improve “payment categories and eliminates the use of therapy service thresholds.”
The previous system, the health care Prospective Payment System (PPS) ended on Dec. 31, 2019. If your agency is worried by these changes, don’t worry Carecenta can work with home health agencies (HHAs) of all sizes with the new reimbursement system, which also includes changes to OASIS coding as well.
To learn how Carecenta can help home healthcare providers comply with PDGM schedule a demo by clicking here.
Already have a billing person or department? Even better, we can work with your team to provide a smoother workflow and comply with changes brought by the new PDGM payment methodology.
What is changing with PDGM? For starters, there is an 182 percent increase of possible payment combinations from 153 (PPS) to 432 (PGDM).
From a revenue perspective, the CMS projects that PDGM will affect how funds will be redistributed, revenue will increase for HHAs that provide more therapy versus HHAs that provide more nursing.
CMS projects PDGMM payments will affect HHAs differently
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Category
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Change %
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Non-Profit Agencies
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+ 2.9%
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Facility Based HHAs
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+ 3.9%
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HHAs Urban areas
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- 0.6%
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HHAs Rural areas
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+ 4%
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HHAs (> 100 episodes per year)
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+ 1.9 %
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Large HHAs ( < 1,000 episodes per year)
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- 0.2 %
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Source:
http://medpac.gov/docs/default-source/reports/mar19_medpac_entirereport_sec.pdf?sfvrsn=0
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