Home Health Agency (HHA)


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BRS supports pricing under the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS), including:

  • Claims priced in accordance with the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS)
  • Wage index adjustment based on CBSA
  • Low Utilization Payment Adjustment (LUPA) for episodes with few visits
  • LUPA add-on for first episodes
  • Pro-rating of episode rate for Partial Episode Payments (PEPs)
  • Significant Changes In Condition (SCICs)
  • HIPPS fallback and HIPPS recoding with the Treatment Authorization Code
  • Processing of Requests for Anticipated Payment (RAPs) with optional payment reconciliation with episode final bill
  • Type of Bill logic
  • Consolidated Billing (CB) applied in accordance with the Home Health CB master list
  • Outlier add-on for episodes with an unexpectedly large number of visits