Benchmarks
04/02/2026
In its March 2026 report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) raised the issue of surging growth of home health agencies in California. The number of agencies in states and territories excluding California declined by about 1% per year on average from 2019 to 2024d.
03/26/2026
Data highlighed by MedPAC in its annual report to Congress shows the savings home health provides when compared to other settings.
03/12/2026
The most recent top denial reasons from Palmetto GBA show that 12% of denied claims in the fourth quarter of 2025 were due to the information provided not supporting medical necessity.
03/05/2026
Home health agencies are struggling with standards around the care plan development and execution, according to Community Health Accreditation Partner’s top survey deficiencies.
02/26/2026
Publicly reported data include the percentage of patients who responded with “Definitely yes” when asked if they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family. National averages rarely move, but state averages on this measure do go up and down quarterly.
02/19/2026
Agencies nationally continue to show improvement on dyspnea.
02/12/2026
Patients are reporting varied experiences with home health agencies when it comes to whether providers discussed medicines, pain and home safety, according to the latest public results on Care Compare for this HHCAHPS composite measure.
02/05/2026
This snapshot shows the top 10 questionable encounter codes which appeared on OASIS and claims for Medicare home health payment periods that began in 2025.
01/28/2026
Home health transactions in the final three months of 2025 were down as the industry held its breath for the CMS payment update that came in early December.
01/22/2026
Agencies saw significant improvement in the year-over-year average Discharge Function Score, according to new data released on Care Compare.

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