Home Health Line
08/14/2025
A recent settlement between OCR and Health Fitness Corporation offers a sharp reminder of the steep consequences of neglecting HIPAA Security Rule compliance, especially the risk analysis requirement that underpins effective protection of ePHI.
08/14/2025
HHCAHPS results can be tough to move, particularly the national averages on the quality measure items. But the final data for 2024 show two of the five publicly-reported HHCAHPS measures have improved year-over-year.
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.
08/07/2025
Hospices will see a payment update in October that is slightly higher than expected — 2.6% nationally, or an estimated $750 million.
08/07/2025
Make sure that your entire team understands the important role that information technology services play in your agency’s operations. Providers that don’t prioritize their IT needs could see cybersecurity breaches, disruptions in care or may even be forced to close after bad actors attack.
08/07/2025
Prepare for a bumpy transition as states begin reconciling their budgets in response to federal Medicaid cuts and new enrollment requirements. Even if these changes don’t impact your patients directly, your agency may still struggle to maintain operational efficiencies once the changes are implemented.
08/07/2025
CMS is looking to shake up the OASIS scoring for Home Health Value-Based Purchasing next year, but dyspnea will be as important as ever. At the same time, agencies nationally continue to show improvement on this measure. That means if you're not seeing progress, you're likely falling behind.
07/31/2025
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.
07/31/2025
Consider how your staff addresses cognitive functioning, even when working with patients who aren’t admitted to home health related to dementia care. Agencies that mitigate decline in cognitive function could improve outcomes, reduce rehospitalization and shorten the overall length of stay while staying ahead of CMS scrutiny around this topic.
07/31/2025
Beginning in 2026, CMS hopes to more closely tie Medicare costs with reimbursement by adding a new measure to Home Health Value-Based Purchasing using the Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) data. 

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