Home Health Line
06/18/2026
Protect your patients and community by closely adhering to state and federal regulations around how to properly dispose of unused patient medications. Both home health and hospice agencies are held to strict standards around this practice, and failing to maintain adherence could lead to survey deficiencies or corrective action, a notable risk as surveys ramp up as part of CMS’ anti-fraud push. 
06/18/2026
Coders will soon be able to assign two new codes for patients with a low body mass index (BMI), finalized as part of the fiscal year 2027 ICD-10 code update released June 5.  
06/18/2026
Use LinkedIn to connect with other leaders in home-based care. It’s not the ideal platform for finding patients or clients, but LinkedIn can play a key role in helping to grow your business and build rapport with industry leaders. 
06/18/2026
Failure to justify skilled nursing was the top issue under Target Probe and Educate (TPE) reviews for the first three months of 2026.
06/11/2026
Stress your agency’s commitment to both staff and patients in light of CMS’ six-month enrollment moratoria for home health and hospice providers.
06/11/2026
Expect more home health and hospice audits, new regulatory requirements and more attention on Medicaid providers on the state level.
06/11/2026
With one shot each year at a payment update, the proposed 2.4% payment increase fails to meet the rising costs of providing care, according to stakeholders who pointed to wage pressures and climbing gas costs.
06/11/2026
Schedule your first therapy visit as soon as possible when working with short-stay, high-intensity patients like those who recently underwent a joint replacement.
06/11/2026
Code hypertension secondary for a patient with stage 3b chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hypertension associated with diabetes mellitus, when the CKD has not been specifically linked to either condition.
06/11/2026
If your results on M1860 (Ambulation/Locomotion) haven’t improved by nearly 2.4 percentage points in the past 24 months, you may be falling behind other agencies.

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