The Impact of Medicare's Rural Add-on Payments on Supply of Home Health Agencies Serving Rural Counties

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Examines how Medicare rural add-on payments affected the number of home health agencies serving rural counties between 2002-2017. Compares the population-adjusted number of home health agencies in urban, urban-adjacent non-urban-adjacent rural counties during periods with add-on payments and without add-on payments. Discusses implications for revised and future add-on payments to maintain or increase the supply of rural home health agencies.

Tracy M. Mroz, Davis G. Patterson, Bianca K. Frogner

Health Affairs, 39(6), 949-957

06/2020

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Access · Home health · Legislation and regulations · Medicare · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data