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Home health agency services & home care nursing services to receive annual increases 2021, 1st Special Session HF33/SF37 Chapter 7, Article 13, Sections 11–12 HHS omnibus bill Effective: July 1, 2021, or upon federal approval, whichever occurs later, for services delivered on or after January 1, 2022

Short description Home health agency services and home care nursing services payment rates will receive annual inflationary adjustments.

Summary The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) is instructed to use the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) home health agency market basket indices to annually adjust the payment rates.

Implications Typically, Home health agency services and home care nursing services are Medicarecertified home health agencies with a comprehensive homecare license that deliver state plan services.

Bill language https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2021/1/Session+Law/Chapter/7/

Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256B.0653, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 8. Payment rates for home health agency services. The commissioner shall annually adjust payments for home health agency services to reflect the change in the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Home Health Agency Market Basket. The commissioner shall use the indices as forecasted for the midpoint of the prior rate year to the midpoint of the current rate year. EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021, or upon federal approval, whichever occurs later, for services delivered on or after January 1, 2022. The commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes when federal approval is obtained.

Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256B.0654, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 5. Payment rates for home care nursing services. The commissioner shall annually adjust payments for home care nursing services to reflect the change in the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Home Health Agency Market Basket. The commissioner shall use the indices as forecasted for the midpoint of the prior rate year to the midpoint of the current rate year. EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021, or upon federal approval, whichever occurs later, for services delivered on or after January 1, 2022. The commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes when federal approval is obtained.