Ask Congress to Continue to Again Extend Full Sequester ReliefPartnership for Quality Home Healthcare Update In response to the ongoing challenges related to the COVID-19 public health emergency, Congress took action last year to again extend the temporary suspension of the 2% sequester to Medicare providers. However, this 2% relief is set to expire at the end of March. As the pandemic endures and more transmissible variants of COVID-19 emerge, sequestration relief is still needed. Home health providers are continuing to experience significant challenges, particularly related to workforce and staffing and need additional time to effectively manage the far-reaching impacts of new surges of COVID. Congress must immediately take action to again extend the full sequester relief to ensure stability to the home health provider community and all providers struggling to deliver quality services to the Medicare population as the pandemic continues. The March omnibus spending bill, which must be passed by March 11, may be the last opportunity to extend the sequester suspension before relief expires. |