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This annual proposed rule would update the national, standardized 30-day period payment rate, 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 based on the applicable home health payment update percentage. Additionally, this proposed rule would update payment rates for home infusion therapy services and propose changes to the Medicare enrollment requirements for hospices. These changes would apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2024.  This proposed rule would also make changes to how the separate payment for negative pressure wound therapy using a disposable device is made as required by section 4136 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (CAA, 2023), and implement the permanent home intravenous immune globulin services (IVIG) benefit as required by section 4134 of the CAA, 2023. This rule would address the scope of the Medicare Part B benefit for leg, arm, back, and neck braces under section 1861(s)(9) of the Social Security Act, and newer technology devices, as well as the implementation of the Medicare Part B benefit for lymphedema compression treatment items under section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act.