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Home Health Care News – Proposed Rule Insights

Home Health Care News Scott Pattillo

Scott Pattillo, Chief Strategy Officer at Homecare Homebase, highlights key challenges home health providers face due to proposed Medicare payment cuts. He emphasizes the importance of understanding geographic and patient mix impacts, noting that CMS’s view of high margins doesn’t account for rising costs like wage increases and high numbers of Medicare Advantage patients. Pattillo points out that actual margins are far slimmer than CMS’s estimates, often around 1-5%, when providers serve a substantial number of patients under MA plans. He advocates for using analytics tools like the HCHB Impact Model to navigate these financial pressures efficiently.

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