Home Health Agencies to Renew Suit Over Medicare Payment Rates

The home health industry will turn to Congress—and again to the courts—for redress after absorbing yet another proposed Medicare pay cut this week.

William A. Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), told Bloomberg Law that the organization intends to renew its lawsuit to stop Medicare from calculating home health payments using a disputed methodology that has slashed reimbursements since 2020.

The outcome of the simmering legal battle could drastically alter the payment landscape for Medicare home health providers and affect access to the popular benefit for beneficiaries.

The US District Court for the District ...