Home Health Line Breaking News
10/13/2026
Changes include clarifications to the HOPE guidance based on Help Desk questions and suggestions received during the first year of HOPE implementation.
10/12/2026
Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) will soon be required to publish Target Probe and Educate results on their websites, according to a change request released by CMS on Sept. 30. 
10/11/2026
The modified HHCAHPS measures will be publicly reported and incorporated into star ratings beginning in October 2027 after a full year of data collection.
10/06/2026
Due to a delay in data availability, Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary is getting an off-cycle update in Janaury after no new data was reported with the October refresh.
10/05/2026
The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model saved CMS $180 million and reduced spending by over $1,000 per elective episode, according to an analysis completed by the Lewin Group. CMS announced the findings on Sept. 28, 2026. 
10/04/2026
Health care overall added 17,000 jobs for the month, according to BLS estimates.
09/30/2026
Hospice providers have new national payment rates following a recalculation to the fiscal year 2027 hospice wage index.
09/29/2026
CMS will host three listening sessions next month on operational and regulatory challenges under the existing CoPs. They’ll also be looking for innovative approaches that providers have found to address these challenges.
09/28/2026
Organizations including LeadingAge, the National Alliance for Care at Home and the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care (NCHPC) are calling for CMS to develop a separate palliative care benefit, according to public comments submitted to CMS on Sept. 14, 2026.
09/27/2026
Brain Buzz: Home Health Notice of Admission includes increasingly difficult questions (similar to the Jeopardy! game board) on four key topics.

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