Relief provisions not enough to mitigate damage of 80/20 policy, providers say

Relief provisions not enough to mitigate damage of 80/20 policy, providers say 
McKnights Home Care; by Adam Healy; 4/24/24 
Though newly finalized changes to the Medicaid Access Rule attempted to soften the blow of its controversial 80/20 provision, home care providers remained vehemently opposed to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ strict new spending mandate. “Overall, while there are many positive provisions within the final rule as well as mitigations to make the payment adequacy provision less onerous, NAHC remains extremely concerned about the negative consequences of the pass-through policy,”  the National Association for Home Care & Hospice said in an analysis for NAHC members released after the rule was published.