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Home Health PPS Final Rule for CY 2024: CMS Steps Back from the Brink

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Year Positive Margin Cost Reports Negative Margin Cost Reports Total Number Percent Number Percent Number 2017 6,024 76.5% The issue of agencies “strategically” choosing patients to maximize profitability came up in other comments. CMS recounts one specific, egregious hospice fraud case in the 2024 Final Rule to reinforce its concern.

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Health Provider News

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NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them? Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M