Untangling the history, causes behind the precipitous home health aide utilization drop

Untangling the history, causes behind the precipitous home health aide utilization drop 
Home Health Care News, by Patrick Filbin; 2/28/24
In the last home health proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency in charge of reimbursement rates sent out a request for information on home health aide utilization. Specifically, the agency wondered why Medicare-covered home health aide visits and utilization had fallen off a cliff over the last few decades. According to the Center for Medicare Advocacy, home health aide visits declined by 90% from 1998 to 2019.