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This bill, the Home Health Payment Innovation Act of 2018, aims to improve home health payment reforms under the Medicare program. The key provisions are: 1. It expands waivers in Shared Savings Programs to include a waiver of the "confined to his home" requirement for home health services, starting no later than January 1, 2020. 2. It provides flexibility for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to waive the "confined to his home" requirement for home health services when the organization determines it is in the best interest of the enrollee. 3. It modifies the application of budget neutrality for home health payment reforms under Medicare, including requiring the Secretary to publish observed evidence used to determine any temporary increases or decreases in payment rates related to the implementation of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 provisions. The bill aims to increase flexibility and patient-centered care in the delivery of home health services under the Medicare program.

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