Benchmarks
10/02/2025
Six months into public reporting on the Discharge Function Score, agencies nationally have shown that new attention to the GG items is paying off.
09/25/2025
Agencies that are ignoring or neglecting medical review requests are making it easy for MACs to deny claims, according to the latest data from Palmetto GBA.
09/18/2025
All home health agencies should prepare for the impact of CMS' plans for an overall rate cut of 6.4% in 2026, but the impact to each agency will depend on a few factors, including the communities the agency serves.
09/11/2025
More than one in 10 home health stays in 2024 fell into the Neuro Rehab clinical group, according to data shared in the 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule. That makes it the fourth most common among the 12 clinical groups.
08/28/2025
While home health utilization overall continues to decline, the average number of 30-day periods per beneficiary in 2024 reached its highest point since PDGM was implemented in 2020. 
08/21/2025
Here’s a list of the top 10 primary diagnoses for traditional Medicare 30-day periods from January to June 2025.
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
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
While Care Compare shares an agency-level Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB), agencies can take a look at how they compare with the state average.
07/24/2025
The national average for "How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season" was at 67.4% in the July refresh of Care Compare.

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