MA H767

Requires rates for home health and continuous skilled nursing agencies to be established and reviewed at least every two years, using cost data from no more than 4 years prior to the current rate year

Mandates that rate calculations include costs of efficiently operated providers, reasonable administrative expenses, a reasonable profit factor, and comparisons to similar services in other care settings

Requires the Secretary to report to House and Senate Ways and Means committees on rate methodology, including comparison to the federal "Home Health Agency Market Basket" inflation index from CMS

Requires state minimum wage changes and employer payroll tax changes to be considered as governmental mandates when setting rates for homemaker and personal care services for elderly clients

Operating cost calculations must include health insurance, employee benefits, training, payroll taxes, technology costs, and staff salaries benchmarked to Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage data