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Process for determining and applying the value-based payment adjustment under the Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model.

42 CFR § 484.370

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42 CFR § 484.370

42 CFR § 484.370

Process for determining and applying the value-based payment adjustment under the Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model.

(a)

General. Competing home health agencies are ranked within the larger-volume and smaller-volume cohorts nationwide based on the performance standards in this part that apply to the expanded HHVBP Model, and CMS makes value-based payment adjustments to the competing HHAs as specified in this section.

(b)

Calculation of the value-based payment adjustment amount. The value-based payment adjustment amount is calculated by multiplying the home health prospective payment final claim payment amount as calculated in accordance with § 484.205 by the payment adjustment percentage.

(c)

Calculation of the payment adjustment percentage. The payment adjustment percentage is calculated as the product of all of the following:

(1)

The applicable percent as defined in § 484.345.

(2)

The competing HHA's Total Performance Score divided by 100.

(3)

The linear exchange function slope.