Home Health Line
12/11/2025
With the publishing of the 2026 home health payment rule on Dec. 2, requirements around determining a patient’s COVID-19 vaccine status have changed.
12/11/2025
Hospice providers across the nation were relieved when CMS paused its controversial Special Focus Program (SFP) earlier this year, but the government hasn’t reigned in its scrutiny around hospice fraud and abuse.
12/11/2025
Fee-for-service Medicare payments for home health services far outweigh the costs, according to MedPAC analysis of CMS cost report data.
12/11/2025
Here are the updated thresholds for functional impairment levels that will impact payment rates for 2026, as finalized in the 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule.
12/04/2025
Home health agencies will see a rate cut in 2026, but it will be significantly less than CMS had initially proposed, according to the Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule.
12/04/2025
Updates finalized in the home health payment rule include three new OASIS measures and the addition of the claims-based Medicare spending per beneficiary item.
12/04/2025
Responses to the updated survey won’t be publicly reported until Oct. 2027, but CMS will start using the responses from April 2026 when calculating star ratings. That makes staff understanding of the HHCAHPS changes critical from day one.
12/04/2025
Of all the OASIS functional “sister items,” none resemble each other more than M1845 (Toileting hygiene) and GG0130C (Toileting hygiene). But they’re often misunderstood or misapplied in practice, experts note.
12/04/2025
Cybersecurity headlines in health care usually spotlight ransomware gangs, phishing schemes or sophisticated supply chain attacks. However, some of the most damaging breaches come from inside organizations themselves.
12/04/2025
Agencies are struggling to keep patients out of the hospital during their home health stay, according to the latest publicly reported data on Care Compare.

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