Benchmarks
12/05/2024
While home health care leads all health categories in year-over-year spending growth, it's down from the previous 12 months.
11/21/2024
CMS is moving ahead with plans for a shorter HHCAHPS Survey, exciting providers who have struggled for years to get patients’ responses. See the state average response rates for HHCAHPS..
11/14/2024
CMS finalized a national increase in home health spending of 0.5%, but the impact of the payment update will differ based on a variety of factors.
11/07/2024
A new Congressional report suggests data may show patients with more significant care needs were diverted by MA plans to home health instead of SNFs.
10/31/2024
Providers are having a harder time getting patients successfully discharged and remaining out of the hospital for the next 31 days.     
10/24/2024
Patients in Medicare Advantage plans are receiving fewer home health visits than patients in traditional Medicare, according to new analysis by MedPAC.
10/17/2024
Among 145 claim denials under pre-payment Targeted Probe & Educate across seven states, more than one out of every four denials were due to the face-to-face documentation.
10/10/2024
More than one in three patients are struggling to access home health care after a hospital discharge.
10/03/2024
The latest Care Compare update in July provided a look at the 2023 results on the HHCAHPS composite measures that are publicly reported and account for 30% of Home Health Value-Based Purchasing scores.
09/26/2024
The new Severe Injury Report database from OSHA offers a deep dive into injury data for workers in home health and other workplaces.

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