Regulatory Compliance
10/09/2025
Keep a close eye on your employees’ work authorization details. With the government cracking down on immigration law, agencies that fall behind in tracking their staff’s Employment Authorization Document (EAD) verification could face steep civil and criminal penalties, according to industry experts. 
10/03/2025
As a result of the recalculation request process, CMS adjusted the APR data used for agencies in the larger-volume cohort.
10/02/2025
With the budget impasse in Washington, the waiver that allowed for telehealth use for face-to-face encounters expired Sept. 30.
10/02/2025
Coders may have a way to capture surgical wounds that are temporarily left open at the end of a procedure if a proposal is approved as presented during the September ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting.
09/25/2025
With the gap in care, consider whether what was being addressed during a face-to-face visit two months ago is the same issue you're agency is seeing the patient for now. It might meet timeline requirements, but might not adequately address the reason for home health.
09/18/2025
Avoid costly and hard-to-overturn denials by highlighting changes in patient conditions and how these changes impact the need for skilled care. Using general language or failing to note changes in the patient’s condition throughout clinical documentation could lead your agency to spend money on care that will get clawed back under medical review.
09/18/2025
The overall salary of a coder is moving in the right direction, but experts say it’s likely not enough to address the increased cost of living.
08/28/2025
Agencies are getting their first look at projected payment adjustments for 2026 under Home Health Value-Based Purchasing.
08/21/2025

Don’t leave it to others to address the hurdles you’re facing with interoperability. CMS has made it clear that it is prioritizing safe, shared access to patient info between providers — including the potential of future home health quality measures around interoperability.

08/14/2025
A recent settlement between OCR and Health Fitness Corporation offers a sharp reminder of the steep consequences of neglecting HIPAA Security Rule compliance, especially the risk analysis requirement that underpins effective protection of ePHI.

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