Home Health Line Breaking News
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. 
10/20/2025
Home health transactions in the third quarter of 2025 maintained the pace seen since the start of the year, with seven transactions in the three months.
10/14/2025
One of the top challenges with the justification for skilled nursing is that the documentation from each and every visit is expected to reflect the need for the skilled medical care provided.
10/13/2025
The loss of telehealth for face-to-face encounters is forcing providers to divert staff away from direct care and preventing some patients from being admitted at all, argues the National Alliance for Care at Home.
10/13/2025
Documentation that does not support a hospice patient’s prognosis of six months or less continues to be a top cause of pre-payment denials related to length of stay, according to Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA.  
10/06/2025
There is an overall positive perception of working in home-based and post-acute health care, but many workers believe that the emotional and physical demands of health care employment are major disadvantages to these and other fields, according to the 2025 edition of Wellsky’s national health care employment study. 

Login

User Name:
Password: