Home Health Line
05/22/2026
Don’t assume that patients and their caregivers understand what clinicians may consider to be basic infection prevention and control practices.
05/22/2026
Federal regulators continue to signal that delayed patient access to medical records is one of the most visible and enforceable areas of HIPAA compliance.
05/22/2026
A study of the self-reported infection control practices of 250 home health patients and caregivers found adequate adherence to handwashing. Adherence was lower for discarding and disposal practices.
05/21/2026
For existing agencies, the impact of the moratoria will be felt in terms of referral volume, broader compliance expectations and overall experience at the time of selling an agency.
05/21/2026
CMS announced a six-month enrollment moratorium on May 13, 2026. Here are some key facts to know.
05/14/2026
The moratoria will apply to all applications for initial Medicare enrollment and certain changes in majority ownership that can be used to obscure control by bad actors.
05/14/2026
Train your clinicians to dig deeper when a fall is reported during a home health stay. Your publicly reported results on Care Compare — and ultimately your bottom line — are directly impacted by how clinicians are addressing fall risks and documenting the circumstances when a fall occurs.
05/14/2026
Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, CMS rolled out significant changes to how it is measuring falls during a home health stay. Use this fact sheet to help educate your team on what they need to know as what counts as a fall and a fall with major injury shifts.
05/14/2026
With long lengths of stay as a top target for medical review, agencies that don’t have strong documentation to show what changes they expect from the patient and why they’re eligible for the home health benefit may get caught in the crosshairs.
05/14/2026
Get feedback from your hospice staff about how your operations could be impacted by potential changes detailed in the fiscal year 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update proposed rule. CMS may use the feedback from this commenting period to inform future rulemaking, and providers that comment on key topics from the rule could help shape new regulations, incentives, and quality metrics.

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