Archives: 2018, August

2019 Value Based Purchasing Proposed Changes (UPDATED)
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: August 27, 2018The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) finalized all of the proposed changes to the Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Model for implementation January 1, 2019. One of the refinements of VBP removed five measures, while adding two new composite measures.


2019 Home Health Proposed Payment Rule – PDGM 2020
By Melinda Gaboury / Posted on: August 8, 2018The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) released the CY2019 Medicare Home Health payment rule July 12, 2018. This proposed rule is voluminous and carries an immense number of proposed changes. HPS will continue analyzing and updating the proposed elements of this rule.
