42 CFR 484.330 - Process for determining and applying the value-based payment adjustment under the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model.

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Title 42 - Public Health last revised: Nov 19, 2024

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

(a) General. Competing home health agencies will be ranked within the larger-volume and smaller-volume cohorts in selected states based on the performance standards that apply to the HHVBP Model for the baseline year, and CMS will make 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: The applicable percent as defined in § 484.320, the competing HHA's Total Performance Score divided by 100, and the linear exchange function slope.

authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh

source: 54 FR 33367, Aug. 14, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 42 CFR 484.330