Home Health Line Breaking News
05/28/2025
CMS will begin auditing all eligible MA contracts for each payment year effective immediately, and it will devote resources to expedite the completion of audits for payments from 2018 through 2024.
05/23/2025
The misapplication of a change request effective April 1, 2025, has caused some home health claims to be returned to the provider in error. This has been a particular issue when dementia is listed as the primary diagnosis.
05/21/2025
Hospice providers can now access updated Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) data on Care Compare. 
05/21/2025
Twenty-four states are at a critical or high risk of experiencing an unpaid family caregiving emergency, according to a study published by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health on May 20. 
05/20/2025
Experts stress that agencies should have a point person responsible for receiving and responding timely to additional documentation requests.
05/20/2025
The guidance states that a community provider can perform the face-to-face encounter, even if they are not the certifying provider.
05/19/2025
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into the UnitedHealth Group for possible fraud related to its Medicare Advantage (MA) practices, according to an article published by the Wall Street Journal on May 14.
05/12/2025
The California home health agency owner pleaded guilty to health care fraud, identity theft and money laundering, accordign to the Department of Justice.
05/12/2025
Plans by House Republicans to cut $715 billion in Medicaid spending over ten years has raised concerns among the industry’s top advocates in Washington.
05/09/2025
A system error following a recent change request is causing certain home health claims to be erroneously returned to providers.

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