0938-AT29 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS CY 2019 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update (CMS-1689-P)

This annual proposed rule would update the 60-day national episode rate, the national per-visit rates used to calculate low utilization payment adjustments (LUPAs), and outlier payments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies. In addition, this rule proposes changes to the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model and to the Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HHQRP).

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes Undetermined Deregulatory 42 CFR 424 42 CFR 484 42 U.S.C. 1302 42 U.S.C. 1315a 42 U.S.C. 1395(hh) Statutory Final 11/01/2018 No NPRM 06/00/2018 Undetermined Businesses Undetermined Undetermined Undetermined No No Hillary Loeffler Director, Division of Home Health and Hospice 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-0456 hillary.loeffler@cms.hhs.gov Center for Medicare, MS: C5-08-28, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244