This week's Medicare updates include an update to the 2018 Proposed Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate; ICD-10 Coding Revisions to National Coverage Determinations; Updated Editing of Always Therapy Services; and more!
While the Affordable Care Act has led to fewer 30-day readmissions, this reduction in readmissions does not correlate with 30-day mortality rates, according to a JAMA study.