The Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2019, H.R. 2573, would preserve Medicare recipients’ access to home health services and provide a pathway for innovative approaches to using these services.
 
H.R. 2573 would prevent unwarranted payment rate cuts by the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) by basing any behavioral adjustment on actual evidence and limit the risk of disruption in care by providing a phase-in for any necessary rate increases or decreases.
 
Related link: View the proposed bill at https://bit.ly/2W7JaVT.