In June, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans to cut Medicare's home health benefit by an estimated $18 billion over the next decade – cuts that far exceed anything this community has previously experienced. What is most troubling about these proposed cuts is that they seem to disregard the following facts: the demand for receiving care in the home is increasing, home health reduces overall Medicare spending, and healthcare delivery costs are mounting across-the-board.
