Home Health Line Breaking News
08/25/2025
CMS overspent millions of dollars on its Medicare Advantage (MA) hospice carve-out from 2017 to 2019, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open on Aug. 19, 2025.  
08/21/2025
Agencies are getting their first look at projected payment adjustments for 2026 under Home Health Value-Based Purchasing.
08/19/2025
Home health quality reporting may include more falls data if claims-based information is incorporated into the Falls with Major Injury (FMI) quality measure.
08/18/2025
The California Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a new hospice fraud initiative, according to a news release published on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. 
08/18/2025
CMS released the updated Home Health Grouper Aug. 18 containing acceptable primary diagnoses and the high and low comorbidity adjustment subgroups for the new FY2026 codes — set to take effect Oct. 1.
08/12/2025
The volume of home health sales doesn’t match up with the demand seen in the market
08/12/2025
CMS has released the documents associated with high-profile changes plotted for home health quality reporting in spring 2026.
08/11/2025
A California hospice owner has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison and ordered to pay $8 million in restitution after she was convicted of providing illegal kickbacks and defrauding Medicare of over $10 million, according to a United States Attorney’s Office press release published on Aug. 5, 2025.  
08/07/2025
Patient improvement on dyspnea is an important factor in snagging a payment boost under Home Health Value-Based Purchasing. But it's difficult for some agencies to move the needle on this measure. One issue is that a patient's dyspnea can be caused by many different things.
08/05/2025
Comprising various types of home-based health care roles, the broad industry sector added an estimated 14,400 jobs in July.

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