Home Health Line
07/02/2026
Prepare for changes to quality star ratings and broader public reporting in 2027 and beyond. A recent CMS report is offering insight into the changes that could be coming soon to HHQRP.
07/02/2026
Make sure plans of care, OASIS assessments and visit documentation are unique to the patient and not cut-and-paste copies of the same text again and again. Agencies are losing payments under medical review when there's little difference in documentation from patient to patient, experts note.
07/02/2026
You can use this tool to make sure patients admitted during the third quarter had a timely face-to-face encounter.
07/02/2026
Targeting a high 30-day readmission rate among heart failure patients, St. Luke’s Home Health in Bethlehem, Pa., shattered expectations through a novel multidisciplinary approach anchored by a unique hotline that’s nearly cut the agency’s readmission rate for these patients in half.
07/02/2026
Accountability doesn’t disappear because AI is involved. Clinicians remain accountable for clinical decisions, HIM and coding leadership for documentation and reimbursement integrity and the organization for governance and oversight. AI is a tool, not an authority.
07/02/2026
Organize your agency’s financials in a way that helps tell a story about your business. Restructuring your chart of accounts can help give your agency the push it needs toward growth.
07/02/2026
Nearly half of the claims denied under medical review by Palmetto GBA in the first three months of the year were due to the requested records not being submitted.

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