Home Health Line
02/12/2026
Make a clear argument that partnering with your agency is worth paying a little bit more when it’s time to renegotiate rates and terms with Medicare Advantage payors.
02/12/2026
The waiver around home health certification continues as previously allowed. New limitations were added to the waiver for hospice use of face-to-face encounters.
02/12/2026
Show all the ways your home care services can support providers participating in CMS’ innovations models. Home care can boost the chances of patient success under several models focused on keeping patients safe in their home.
02/12/2026
Press Ganey’s Healthcare Consumer Experience 2025 report reframes patient safety as something broader and more consequential: a trust strategy.
02/12/2026
Patients are reporting varied experiences with home health agencies when it comes to whether providers discussed medicines, pain and home safety, according to the latest public results on Care Compare for this HHCAHPS composite measure.
02/05/2026
Despite PDGM being in effect for several years now, questionable encounter (QE) codes that are not acceptable as the primary diagnosis for home health, like those for weakness and abnormal gait, continue to make their way into that primary code slots.
02/05/2026
Use audit reports, like the recent string of home health reviews by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), as a learning opportunity to avoid the kind of routine mistakes that are clearly a focus for reviewers.
02/05/2026
Explore some examples cited in recent HHS Office of Inspector General reviews of home health agency claims.
02/05/2026
Creating and documenting a plan for each patient’s next visit is essential to ensuring continuity of care and meeting compliance standards. Clinicians may assume they’ll be the next provider to see the patient, but they should still include key details in their documentation in case others need to fill in for them. 
02/05/2026
Check in with your staff before a visit from surveyors. Even if the survey is routine and expected, making sure that your staff feel prepared and comfortable with observation can help prevent easily avoidable mistakes.

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