For HHAs delivering services in 2015 to patients in Abilene, TX and Anchorage, AK, create an Excel spreadsheet to calculate the payment for the HIPPS code you determined in 4.a. Both submit quality data. Use the following data:
• NRS amount, the HIPPS weight, the national 60-day episode rate (with quality data), labor-related portion, and the nonlabor-related portion from tables 8.28, 8.30, and 8.31 in the textbook.
• Wage index for CBSA 10180 (Abilene, TX) = 0.7440
• Wage index for CBSA 11260 (Anchorage, AK) = 1.2419