Email to AOTA Members: PDGM Goes Into Effect January 1, 2020
The following email message was shared on December 31, 2019 with AOTA members who identify themselves to AOTA as having an interest in home health. On January 1, 2020, Medicare Home Health Agencies will be reimbursed through a new payment model called the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). Even before the PDGM was finalized, AOTA was working to mitigate its effects on occupational therapy practitioners working in home health care. We've