Home Health Line
12/11/2025
Get ready for the possible return of overtime exemptions for some caregivers. Your home care workers may have concerns about the change, but transparent communication can help them understand how everyone in your agency could thrive under the shift.
12/11/2025
The 2026 home health payment final rule provided an important shift in CMS’ plans for permanent payment cuts, but it’s the same old message from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) as it again eyes a recommendation that Congress cut payments to home health providers by 7%.
12/11/2025
The final rule included 20 low comorbidity subgroups and 98 high comorbidity subgroup interactions. CMS also finalized changes to functional points that factor into payments.
12/11/2025
With the publishing of the 2026 home health payment rule on Dec. 2, requirements around determining a patient’s COVID-19 vaccine status have changed.
12/11/2025
Hospice providers across the nation were relieved when CMS paused its controversial Special Focus Program (SFP) earlier this year, but the government hasn’t reigned in its scrutiny around hospice fraud and abuse.
12/11/2025
Fee-for-service Medicare payments for home health services far outweigh the costs, according to MedPAC analysis of CMS cost report data.
12/11/2025
Here are the updated thresholds for functional impairment levels that will impact payment rates for 2026, as finalized in the 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule.
12/04/2025
Home health agencies will see a rate cut in 2026, but it will be significantly less than CMS had initially proposed, according to the Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule.
12/04/2025
Updates finalized in the home health payment rule include three new OASIS measures and the addition of the claims-based Medicare spending per beneficiary item.
12/04/2025
Responses to the updated survey won’t be publicly reported until Oct. 2027, but CMS will start using the responses from April 2026 when calculating star ratings. That makes staff understanding of the HHCAHPS changes critical from day one.

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