Home Health Line Breaking News
08/18/2025
The California Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a new hospice fraud initiative, according to a news release published on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. 
08/18/2025
CMS released the updated Home Health Grouper Aug. 18 containing acceptable primary diagnoses and the high and low comorbidity adjustment subgroups for the new FY2026 codes — set to take effect Oct. 1.
08/12/2025
The volume of home health sales doesn’t match up with the demand seen in the market
08/12/2025
CMS has released the documents associated with high-profile changes plotted for home health quality reporting in spring 2026.
08/11/2025
A California hospice owner has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison and ordered to pay $8 million in restitution after she was convicted of providing illegal kickbacks and defrauding Medicare of over $10 million, according to a United States Attorney’s Office press release published on Aug. 5, 2025.  
08/07/2025
Patient improvement on dyspnea is an important factor in snagging a payment boost under Home Health Value-Based Purchasing. But it's difficult for some agencies to move the needle on this measure. One issue is that a patient's dyspnea can be caused by many different things.
08/05/2025
Comprising various types of home-based health care roles, the broad industry sector added an estimated 14,400 jobs in July.
08/04/2025
Hospices need to register for and receive access to the internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) by Sept. 10, 2025, so they’re ready for the big changes to hospice quality reporting effective Oct. 1, 2025, according to CMS.  
08/04/2025
Agencies can access their July 2025 interim performance reports (IPR) for the expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model.
08/01/2025
Hospices will see a payment update in October that is slightly higher than expected, according to the fiscal year 2026 Hospice Payment Rate Update final rule.

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