Posted Saturday, October 7, 2023
The Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Health Care recently held a hearing centered around home health care and aging in place in the U.S.
The hearing covered a number of topics, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) home health payment cuts, referral rejection rates, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) view of the industry and more.
Joanne Cunningham, the CEO of the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare, joined Home Health Care News for the latest episode of the Disrupt podcast to discuss the ins and outs of the hearing and her optimism regarding the upcoming home health payment rule.
HHCN: Last week there was this hearing put on by the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Health Care. The hearing focused on aging in place, and challenges facing the home health care provider and patient community in the US. How did this hearing come about in the first place?
Cunningham: Way back in the beginning of the year, we had been speaking with many of our allies on the Hill who are very interested in home health. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) was very interested in holding a hearing on home health, and his staff had been working with us since February. We gave a lot of ideas, and they had their own ideas, and through that process came about the hearing.
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