Home Health Line Breaking News
04/20/2026
CMS is expanding its Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model and plans to make the updated payment model mandatory for hospitals, starting Oct. 1, 2027. 
04/17/2026
Don’t wait to address problems with your OASIS-E2 implementation. Correcting course now will keep issues from ballooning into larger problems that are more difficult to fix over time.
04/17/2026
ECRI has released its annual Top 10 Health Technology Hazards report to outline the most pressing sources of danger stemming from the use of medical devices and systems.
04/13/2026
Proposed changes to the ICD-10-CM code set include new codes for personal history of clostridiodes difficile (C. diff) infection, a low body mass index and more.
04/13/2026
CMS has developed five self-paced online trainings to help hospices navigate new and updated items on the Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool, which went into effect Oct. 1, 2025. 
04/10/2026
It was a surprising bounce back for many sectors after disappointing jobs numbers in February, when home health care services added just 700 jobs.
04/07/2026
Reductions in therapy utilization and reimbursement‑driven adjustments to care combinations may introduce potential vulnerabilities, particularly for home health services provided for 361 days or longer, according to Noridian.
04/03/2026
Preview reports include the full calendar year 2025 data for HHCAHPS measures.  
04/02/2026
If finalized as proposed, the payment update would mean an estimated $785 million in increased payments to hospices.
03/31/2026
In a recent series of home health claim reviews, the OIG findings have generally been less dramatic, with limited findings of non-compliance and low overpayment amounts.

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