Home Health Line Breaking News
06/09/2025
Nurses are reporting that they have less time to engage directly in patient care amidst workplace shortages, political headwinds and rising pressure, according to Incredible Health's 6th Annual State of U.S. Nurses & Technicians Report, released June 4, 2025.  
06/09/2025
Effective Oct. 1, coders will now have a way to capture Type 2 diabetes mellitus in remission with new code E11.A (Type 2 diabetes mellitus in remission), finalized as part of the FY2026 ICD-10 code update — released June 9.
06/09/2025
Effective Oct. 1, coders will now have a way to capture Type 2 diabetes mellitus in remission with new code E11.A (Type 2 diabetes mellitus in remission), finalized as part of the FY2026 ICD-10 code update — released June 9.
06/03/2025
Make sure you are putting your final processes in place for OASIS collection, regardless of the payor.
06/02/2025
Some of the industry’s leading advocates in Washington are asking CMS to delay its implementation of the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool.  
06/01/2025
CMS has released a proposed update to the OASIS assessment tool that adds A1110 (Language), B0200 (Vision) and B1000 (Hearing) to the resumption of care (ROC) time point.
05/28/2025
CMS will begin auditing all eligible MA contracts for each payment year effective immediately, and it will devote resources to expedite the completion of audits for payments from 2018 through 2024.
05/23/2025
The misapplication of a change request effective April 1, 2025, has caused some home health claims to be returned to the provider in error. This has been a particular issue when dementia is listed as the primary diagnosis.
05/21/2025
Hospice providers can now access updated Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) data on Care Compare. 
05/21/2025
Twenty-four states are at a critical or high risk of experiencing an unpaid family caregiving emergency, according to a study published by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health on May 20. 

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