Home Health Line
09/24/2026
More agencies and coders are utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), but the experience has drawn mixed reactions, according to the 125 respondents to DecisionHealth’s 2026 Home Health Coders’ Productivity Survey. 
09/24/2026
Agencies are getting dinged on survey citations related to emergency preparedness, highlighting that providers need to consider how they would respond to emergency experiences that may not usually be expected in their region.
09/24/2026
Actual survey findings can help you identify trouble spots in your own survey preparedness. Here are the regulations and survey guidance for emergency plan testing, as well as actual 2026 survey citations you can use to improve your policies.
09/24/2026
Encourage your staff to consider the underlying cause of malnutrition, including what sudden or ongoing weight loss may mean about a patient’s disease progression. Support for these patients may lead to a stronger care plan and improved quality outcomes.
09/24/2026
Providers may maintain extensive lists of vendors and business associate agreements, but those records do not necessarily show where PHI is actually traveling.
09/24/2026
Testing and documenting emergency plan testing remains a struggle for some agencies.
09/17/2026
Stakeholders argue a modest payment increase in 2027, paired with a 3% temporary payment cut for perceived overpayments, again puts agencies on their heels with the real risk of reduced services and impaired access to needed care for patients.
09/17/2026
Industry groups supported CMS’ plan to offer new examples of palliative services currently allowed under the home health benefit. That’s according to comments submitted in response to the 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule.
09/17/2026
The National Alliance for Care at Home is requesting that CMS end the national six-month enrollment moratoria. The moratoria are set to expire Nov. 13, but could be extended in six-month increments.
09/17/2026
Understand the added compliance risk involved with hospice patients with longer stays or those with an easily challenged terminal prognosis. Hospices in several states are experiencing an uptick in additional documentation requests (ADRs), and not all providers are receiving a notification letter when they come under scrutiny.

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