Home Health Line
04/02/2026
CMS should step up on-site visits to verify the legitimacy of hospice and home health providers in California and other fraud hot spots, according to some of the industry’s top advocates.
04/02/2026
Educate sales staff on when it’s time to switch up their strategy with their accounts. Your marketing team may be a little too comfortable with their current sales strategies, so it’s important to remember that these dynamics are always changing.
04/02/2026
Recognize the warning signs for sepsis risk, even when concerns may look like common parts of a patient’s disease progression. Sepsis moves quickly, so clinicians, patients and their caregivers must be prepared for the possibility.
04/02/2026
Providers are being asked to protect patient data in an environment that no longer resembles the one HIPAA was originally designed for. Cybersecurity threats have evolved. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools now touch patient information in ways that bypass traditional medical record controls.
04/02/2026
Hypothyroidism and dementia should be coded as related unless the documentation clearly states the conditions are unrelated, or when another guideline exists that specifically requires a documented linkage between two conditions.
04/02/2026
In its March 2026 report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) raised the issue of surging growth of home health agencies in California. The number of agencies in states and territories excluding California declined by about 1% per year on average from 2019 to 2024d.
03/26/2026
Implement regular check-ins among staff members to prevent emotional build­up, strengthen bonds between staff and normalize emotional processing.
03/26/2026
Get out in front of patient struggles with activities of daily living and self-care by leveraging an occupational therapist. Specific interventions early in care can help improve patient independence, leading to gains in their confidence and well-being while preventing burnout and noncompliance with the plan of care. 
03/26/2026
Avoid inappropriate live discharges among your hospice patients with dementia by training staff to recognize the complicated symptoms and subtle declines that, if gone unnoticed, could wind up hurting your quality scores and agency ratings.
03/26/2026
Leaders must prove — consistently and visibly — that safety reporting is trusted, accountability is fair and action follows data. One of the most dangerous misconceptions in patient safety is that fewer reports mean fewer problems.

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