Home Health Line Breaking News
09/11/2026
CMS is recalculating its fiscal year 2027 hospice wage index values after discovering a technical error, according to an update to CMS’ Hospice News & Announcements website.  
09/11/2026
This is the first time vendors will be uploading results from the revised survey that took effect April 1
09/10/2026
In total, the home health care services workforce includes 1.896 million, compared to estimates of 1.806 million at the same point last year.
09/08/2026
“Many industry insiders believe that CMS may have concluded that it has finally battered home health enough, paving the way for greater payment predictability,” the report notes.
09/04/2026
DHS is proposing a $103,265 fee on H-1B petitions subject to the annual visa cap, marking the Trump administration’s second attempt to significantly increase the cost of employing foreign specialized workers in the U.S.
09/02/2026
CMS released the updated Home Health Grouper Aug. 20 containing acceptable primary diagnoses and the high and low comorbidity adjustment subgroups for the new FY2027 codes.
09/01/2026
Palmetto GBA reports that 34% of claims denied between April and June were due to “No plan of care or certification.”
08/28/2026
Providers can now access the October 2026 release of the Home Health Prospective Payment System Grouper, according to the Aug. 27, 2026, edition of MLN Connects
08/28/2026
The former hospice operator knew and intended that Medicare would rely on her false representations that the patients were eligible for hospice services, and that the false representation would cause Medicare to send payment to the hospice, according to prosecutors.
08/25/2026
The preview 2026 Annual Performance Reports were published in the Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (iQIES) on Aug. 20, 2026.

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