Regulatory Compliance
04/02/2071
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was declared a national emergency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is implementing a new diagnosis code U07.1 (COVID-19) into the ICD-10-CM code set.
04/02/2071
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was declared a national emergency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is implementing a new diagnosis code U07.1 (COVID-19) into the ICD-10-CM code set.
06/25/2026
The Post-Acute Care Medicare Advantage (MA) Coalition argues that new OIG reports show MA plans are using prior authorization and other tactics to restrict beneficiaries from receiving services that MA organizations are legally required to provide.
06/18/2026
Protect your patients and community by closely adhering to state and federal regulations around how to properly dispose of unused patient medications. Both home health and hospice agencies are held to strict standards around this practice, and failing to maintain adherence could lead to survey deficiencies or corrective action, a notable risk as surveys ramp up as part of CMS’ anti-fraud push. 
05/22/2026
Federal regulators continue to signal that delayed patient access to medical records is one of the most visible and enforceable areas of HIPAA compliance.
05/14/2026
With long lengths of stay as a top target for medical review, agencies that don’t have strong documentation to show what changes they expect from the patient and why they’re eligible for the home health benefit may get caught in the crosshairs.
05/07/2026
Make sure that you are routinely reviewing the OIG exclusion list — including all potential aliases. Federal dollars used to pay staff on the exclusion database, whether or not they directly provide care, could be recouped by CMS with an added penalty fee.
05/07/2026
A patient is being referred to home health following a traumatic subdural hemorrhage (SDH) for physical therapy and speech therapy and is noted to have associated weakness and aphasia. How should this be coded?
04/30/2026
Make sure you have clear policies around patient requests for certain types of clinicians and staff, as well as policies around retaliation, after an EEOC lawsuit was announced earlier this year.
04/30/2026
Agency leaders face mounting pressure from multiple directions. Regulators are increasingly less interested in written policies or committee documentation and far more focused on whether organizations can prove that standards are executed reliably, day in and day out.

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