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.
07/10/2025
Providers will have more options when selecting a face-to-face encounter to meet CMS requirements beginning in 2026, but experts warn that the changes may lead to confusion for providers trying to stay in compliance. 
07/10/2025
Endocrine 3 (Type 1, Type 2 and other specified diabetes) is among the low comorbidity subgroups proposed for removal as outlined in the 2026 proposed home health payment rule.
06/18/2025
Never deduct from the paycheck for late documentation. The Department of Labor doesn’t care whether or not you get paid. To them, the patient got the care, so the employee should get paid for doing the work. 
06/12/2025
While there’s a growing focus on workplace violence in home health, don’t let your policies and procedures around work-related injuries fall through the cracks. Refreshing your incident response and reporting policies not only supports employee wellbeing but could prevent costly OSHA penalties.
06/05/2025
Be wary of purported changes to face-to-face encounter requirements until CMS publishes updated regulatory language. Experts warn that new guidance from MACs could still result in costly claim denials under medical review.
06/05/2025
Agencies facing denials based on a system error around dementia coding will soon be able to resubmit those claims for processing.
05/22/2025
The ongoing trend of coders taking on additional job responsibilities besides strictly coding charts continues to grow based upon an analysis of the 2025 Home Health Coding/QA Productivity Survey.
05/15/2025
A system error following a recent CMS Change Request is causing certain home health claims to be erroneously returned to providers, says Mary Carr, vice president of regulatory affairs at The Alliance for Care at Home.

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