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08/28/2025
Scoring ambulation and mobility can be challenging for clinicians when assessing both M1860 (Ambulation/Locomotion) and GG0170I-O (Mobility).
08/21/2025
Adapt your marketing strategies to highlight the value your agency can bring to referral partners participating in new care and payment models. Providers that get involved early could build trust and rapport with referral sources while preparing staff for potential changes to care delivery expectations down the line.
08/14/2025
Addressing issues of well-being and nutrition may have a positive impact on your patient's outcomes and their opinion of your care — two key factors in value-based payments. CMS’ 2026 home health proposed rule included several requests for information about future topics for the quality reporting, including well-being and nutrition. 
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.
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.
07/24/2025
Consider routine clothing for the patient when assessing for M1820 (Current ability to dress lower body) and GG0130G (Lower body dressing) as this is often overlooked.
07/18/2025
Make sure your team is familiar with work authorization requirements for new hires. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an updated version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, on April 2, 2025. The revisions include updates to the form’s language, design and privacy notice.
07/10/2025
Providers that have faced years of reimbursement challenges and rising costs will get no relief next year from CMS — the agency is planning a 6.4% overall payment cut for home health care. 
06/26/2025
The generative AI market is still young, and many vendors lack deep, health care-specific compliance expertise, putting your agency at risk of costly fines for failing to protect patient information.
06/18/2025
Effective Oct. 1, coders will 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.

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