Home Health Line Breaking News
07/07/2026
The OIG Advisory Opinion 26-15 was issued in response to an arrangement that involved a subscription service to a software vendor that connects hospitals to home health agencies when referring patients in the course of discharge planning.
07/07/2026
Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, CMS plans to add all non-Medicare and non-Medicaid patients when calculating an agency’s OASIS submission rate for the Home Health Quality Reporting Program Annual Payment Update.
07/06/2026
CMS has spent $255.1 million on payments for hospice patients who didn’t meet program eligibility requirements, according to a HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report published June 23. 
07/01/2026
While the rule calls for an aggregate payment increase of 2.4%, it also includes a -3.0% temporary adjustment to the 2027 base payment rate.
07/01/2026
While the rule calls for an aggregate payment increase of 2.4%, it also includes a -3.0% temporary adjustment to the 2027 base payment rate.
06/30/2026
CMS has updated and created new resources around the technical specifications and measure tables for the Home Health Quality Reporting Program.
06/29/2026
Home health care expenditures are projected to double in the coming decade, according to a Health Affairs report published on June 24, 2026. 
06/28/2026
Finalized in the 2025 HHPSS Final Rule, agencies are expected to develop, implement and maintain, through an annual review, a patient acceptance-to-service policy that is applied consistently to each prospective patient.
06/22/2026
Palmetto GBA says more than two out of every five claims it denied under medical review in the first quarter of 2026 were due to requested records not being submitted.
06/21/2026

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