Home Health Line
04/09/2026
Beyond the payment rate, the fiscal year 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update proposed rule also includes new provider-level data on key fraud indicators and Medicare spending.
04/09/2026
Reexamine the relationships you have with other providers, including overlap in staff or ownership. A disclosure requirement that had previously gone unenforced is now causing agencies to lose their Medicare participation because of a link to a hospice or other provider that has faced revocation.
04/09/2026
Create strong, written guidelines for staff to address recurring delays related to unsigned physician orders. Without timely signed orders, providers will run into operational bottlenecks and gaps in care that could impact compliance and reimbursement.
04/09/2026
The CDC has clarified that you only need to use I11 (Hypertensive heart disease) once, even when the patient has more than one heart condition. 
04/09/2026
As AI tools grow in popularity, agency leadership has to determine how to properly govern and validate their use. They must also ensure the tools strengthen documentation integrity rather than undermine compliance.
04/09/2026
CMS is planning an aggregate 2.4% payment update for hospice providers beginning in October 2026, but a provider’s actual rate update will also be impacted by the local community’s wage index.

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