Home Health Line Breaking News
06/17/2025
Two MACs have now updated their guidance for agencies on who can perform the face-to-face encounter when the patient referral is coming from a community provider.
06/16/2025
Home health utilization was slightly lower among Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries in 2021 compared to those who had traditional fee-for-service plans, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) June 2025 report to Congress. 
06/15/2025
While funding for surveys is expected to go up, the total number of home health surveys is projected to decrease.
06/10/2025
New job estimates included an adjustment to April that shows a decrease of 54,800 jobs in home health care services between March and April.
06/10/2025
During the transition, providers can use the RAC’s name on the letter to identify which contractor to reach for inquiries.
06/09/2025
Nurses are reporting that they have less time to engage directly in patient care amidst workplace shortages, political headwinds and rising pressure, according to Incredible Health's 6th Annual State of U.S. Nurses & Technicians Report, released June 4, 2025.  
06/09/2025
Effective Oct. 1, coders will now have a way to capture Type 2 diabetes mellitus in remission with new code E11.A (Type 2 diabetes mellitus in remission), finalized as part of the FY2026 ICD-10 code update — released June 9.
06/03/2025
Make sure you are putting your final processes in place for OASIS collection, regardless of the payor.
06/02/2025
Some of the industry’s leading advocates in Washington are asking CMS to delay its implementation of the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool.  
06/01/2025
CMS has released a proposed update to the OASIS assessment tool that adds A1110 (Language), B0200 (Vision) and B1000 (Hearing) to the resumption of care (ROC) time point.

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