In this two-part panel discussion, providers, policy makers and key home care stakeholders will take up existential questions affecting the future of home health reimbursement.
Part I: Rate Cut Implications
There’s much more to this final rule than meets the eye. We’ll unpack how it affects providers, presumed flaws in CMS methodology, MedPAC’s views on margins, the changing payer mix landscape, and what this saga reveals about the state of relations between providers and CMS.
Part II: Advancing Advocacy!
Provider efforts were critical in amending the original proposed rule, but where do we go from here? We’ll take a candid look at current advocacy efforts to understand what’s working, what’s not, and what’s necessary on the home care provider advocacy front to gain significantly greater leverage in Washington.
Speakers:
Tim Craig (Moderator), SVP, Payers, Policy & Innovation, Home Care 100
Joanne Cunningham, CEO, Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH)
David Grabowski, Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Bruce Greenstein, EVP, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, LHC Group
John Olajide, President & CEO, Axxess
Steve Rodgers, CEO, AccentCare
Andrew Woods, CEO, Liberty Partners Group