Home Health Line Breaking News
04/14/2025
A federal court has sentenced the owner of three Ohio-based home health companies to 42 months in prison and ordered her to pay $5.7 million in restitution related to a Medicaid fraud case, according to the Ohio Attorney General’s (AG) Office. 
04/11/2025
The proposed rule includes a hospice payment update of 2.4% beginning in October 2025. The payment update would mean an estimated $695 million in increased payments to hospices, according to CMS. 
04/11/2025
The proposed ICD-10 code changes — released with the FY2026 Hospital Inpatient PPS (IPPS) proposed rule on April 11 —   include a new code for type 2 diabetes mellitus in remission, more than 100 new codes to capture non-pressure chronic ulcers in various stages as well as new codes for malignant inflammatory neoplasms. 
04/10/2025
Prior to July 1, 2024, providers had 76 days before the claim would be counted as a non-response error and subject to overpayment recovery. Since then, the window has been 60 days.
04/08/2025
Agencies can get their best picture yet of 2024 results with July preview reports now available in iQIES.
04/07/2025
An Oklahoma-based home health agency has reported a hacking incident that involved the protected health information of 4,743 individuals.
04/07/2025
Four million workers served as home health and personal care aides in May 2024, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released on April 2. This made the occupation the largest overall in the United States that month. 
04/04/2025
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon who became famous for his nine-year run hosting “The Dr. Oz Show,” has begun his tenure leading CMS after a Senate vote on April 3. 
04/01/2025
Results of recent TPE reviews found face-to-face encounter requirements caused 27% of denials. No plan of care or certification came in second with 18% of the denials.
04/01/2025
The hospice payment rule has yet to clear the Office of Management and Budget, the final step in the process prior to publication in the Federal Registry.

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