Home Health Line Breaking News
11/11/2025
Congress is advancing a continuing resolution that could end the longest government shutdown on record, which started on Oct. 1, 2025, in turn easing burdens that post-acute providers have faced over the past month. 
11/10/2025
The latest audit is part of a nationwide series of home health reviews.
11/04/2025
The ratings will use publicly reported Home Health Quality Reporting Program data and HHCAHPS survey scores to determine ratings.
11/04/2025
Share the top budgeting and operational considerations your agency is making in DecisionHealth's 2026 Home Health Outlook & Strategy Survey.
11/03/2025
Patients who are enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) spend an average of 3.6 fewer days in home health than traditional Medicare patients, according to a study published in the JAMA Open Network on Oct. 29, 2025.
  
10/28/2025
The rule is typically rolled out in the final days of October, but it’s reaching OMB more than three weeks later than usual due to the federal government shutdown.
10/27/2025
Coders may have a way to capture surgical wounds that are temporarily left open at the end of a procedure if a proposal is approved as presented during the September ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting, held Sept. 9 and 10.
10/27/2025
Approximately 80% of surveyed Medicare beneficiaries believe it’s important that CMS makes it easier for providers to securely share patient information through digital health tools like apps and websites, according to the results of a KFF poll released on Oct. 24, 2025.  
10/21/2025
Agencies in Review Choice Demonstration states are facing a flood of non-affirmations in pre-claim review around medical necessity. In a new message to providers, Palmetto GBA notes the type of documentation reviewers expect to see to justify skilled care.
10/20/2025
Home health providers are unable to use most telehealth visits to meet CMS’ face-to-face encounter requirements, but physicians will still have the capability to get paid for these visits under some Medicare Advantage plans. 

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