Home Health Line Breaking News
08/10/2026
PEPPERs went offline in late 2023 for retooling and they finally returned in early August with agency-level data to help you spot billing patterns that routinely raise red flags for CMS and outside auditors.
08/09/2026
A California home health agency is being asked to return $43,000 in overpayments to the federal government, according to a report published by the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on Aug. 10.  
08/08/2026
Home health care services added 4,600 last month, while hospitals saw a drop of 400 jobs in the same period.
08/06/2026
Few understand how the outlier provision is funded, how Medicare estimates the cost of care or why those distinctions can have a meaningful impact on their agency.
08/04/2026
Documentation must “paint a picture” of the patient, their conditions and symptoms which support a life expectancy of 6 months or less, notes CGS.
08/03/2026
CMS has finalized its rollout of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded (CJR-X) model, as included in the fiscal year 2027 Inpatient and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule, released July 31, 2026. 
08/03/2026
OIG highlighted the recent conviction and sentencing of four California hospice providers, as well as four recent home health agency audits that included $2.9 million in estimated overpayments to one New York-based provider. 
 
07/30/2026
The final rule includes a hospice payment update of 2.3% beginning in October 2026. That’s down from the 2.4% proposed in the spring.
07/28/2026
"Trends, Patterns, and Key Comparisons Related to Medicare Home Health Agency Provider Enrollments” is expected to determine weaknesses in the provider enrollment process.  
07/27/2026
Over 200 health care organizations, including the National Alliance for Care at Home and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, are asking Congress to create a permanent pathway for Medicare telehealth coverage. 

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