Home Health Line Breaking News
08/04/2025
Hospices need to register for and receive access to the internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) by Sept. 10, 2025, so they’re ready for the big changes to hospice quality reporting effective Oct. 1, 2025, according to CMS.  
08/04/2025
Agencies can access their July 2025 interim performance reports (IPR) for the expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model.
08/01/2025
Hospices will see a payment update in October that is slightly higher than expected, according to the fiscal year 2026 Hospice Payment Rate Update final rule.
07/29/2025
Agencies are getting a little more insight into how MACs will be enforcing changes to face-to-face encounter requirements for community referrals,
07/28/2025
CMS revoked 122 hospices’ Medicare enrollment between July 2023 and June 2025, according to a fact sheet that CMS released in July. 
07/28/2025
OIG had alleged that the excluded individual, who worked as a nurse and case manager, provided services that were billed to federal health care programs.
07/21/2025
Hospice providers can now access five pre-recorded online training courses about new and updated items in the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool, which will be implemented on Oct. 1, 2025.  
07/21/2025
The national average for the Discharge Function Score climbed to 68.62% — a significant jump from 67.26% reported in April and 67.15% reported in January.
07/18/2025
The agency is accused of billing for the more expensive home health aide services instead of non-skilled care.
07/11/2025
Two California residents have pled guilty in relation to a hospice fraud case that cost Medicare around $16 million, according to a press release published by the Department of Justice on July 8.  

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