Home Health Spared from 10% Medi-Cal Reduction
In October 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved the state’s proposed 10% reduction to Medi-Cal rates for all provider types except three: physician/clinic services for children, home health services, and distinct part subacute facilities. This was a crucial victory for Medi-Cal beneficiaries!
Neil’s Spin: The Medi-Cal Home Health Rates are already sub-standard and less than 1% of licensed home health agencies routinely accept Medi-Cal referrals. A 10% reduction would have been devastating to patients currently using Home Health and it would have created an access to care crisis in California.
