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10/15/2026
Top agencies are analyzing the planned updates to payment thresholds, case-mix weights and functional impairment scoring and seeing how changes align with their patient population.
10/08/2026
Agencies successfully applying these new tools are starting with targeted, measurable pilots to help get the kinks worked out before wider use.
10/01/2026
Make sure you are providing the hospice election statement addendum to all patients, as new mandatory requirements — under a tight timeline — can now impact your payment.
09/24/2026
More agencies and coders are utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), but the experience has drawn mixed reactions, according to the 125 respondents to DecisionHealth’s 2026 Home Health Coders’ Productivity Survey. 
09/17/2026
Stakeholders argue a modest payment increase in 2027, paired with a 3% temporary payment cut for perceived overpayments, again puts agencies on their heels with the real risk of reduced services and impaired access to needed care for patients.
09/03/2026
The growing fraud division will use cutting-edge data analysis to target exploitative health care fraud, including “home health and hospice schemes.”
08/27/2026
A new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would direct CMS to “reset” home health payment rates after years of brutal cuts under PDGM behavioral adjustments. The legislation also includes several fraud enforcement measures meant to target bad actors without ensnaring legitimate providers.
08/20/2026
Incorporate CMS’ latest agency-level data into your internal compliance monitoring. As fraud enforcement climbs for home health providers, you need to understand where your agency operations are tripping alarms for reviewers.
08/13/2026
Even though many providers are unable to pinpoint what drives nonhospice spending, the rollout of the hospice Service and Spending Variation Index is putting them on the hook for these costs.
08/06/2026
Industry leaders say an underwhelming payment increase for hospices doesn’t reflect the true cost of delivering care, complicating provider efforts as more spending is needed around operations and compliance. 

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