CMS-1803-F and CMS-1803-CN

CMS issued a final rule [CMS-1803-F] that finalizes routine updates to the Medicare home health payment rates; the payment rate for the disposable negative pressure wound therapy (dNPWT) devices; and the Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) items and services payment rate for CY 2025 in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, it finalizes changes to the HH QRP requirements and provides an update on potential approaches for integrating health equity in the Expanded HHVBP Model. It also proposes a new standard for acceptance to service policy in the HH conditions of participation (CoPs) and includes requests for information (RFIs) soliciting input on permitting rehabilitative therapists to conduct the initial and comprehensive assessment and the factors that may influence the patient referral and intake processes. Lastly, it finalizes updates to provider and supplier enrollment requirements and changes to the long-term care reporting requirements for acute respiratory illnesses.