Home Health Line Breaking News
06/30/2026
CMS has updated and created new resources around the technical specifications and measure tables for the Home Health Quality Reporting Program.
06/29/2026
Home health care expenditures are projected to double in the coming decade, according to a Health Affairs report published on June 24, 2026. 
06/28/2026
Finalized in the 2025 HHPSS Final Rule, agencies are expected to develop, implement and maintain, through an annual review, a patient acceptance-to-service policy that is applied consistently to each prospective patient.
06/22/2026
Palmetto GBA says more than two out of every five claims it denied under medical review in the first quarter of 2026 were due to requested records not being submitted.
06/21/2026
06/18/2026
CMS has introduced new instructions for reporting a Medicare beneficiary’s date of death that are expected to go into effect July 13, 2026. 
06/16/2026
The broader report to Congress on MA’s impact on a range of providers states that estimated declines in home health agency revenues and costs associated with MA penetration from 2013 to 2024 were around 2.7%, largely offsetting each other.
06/16/2026
Tips provided to the public include using Care Compare to look up provider ratings and avoiding those with low star ratings.
06/15/2026
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is calling on Congress to reevaluate how CMS reimburses hospice payments, according to a report released June 9, 2026. 
06/08/2026
Beneficiaries generally have more than one goal, Palmetto GBA notes. “A good way to assess the medical necessity of each goal is to ask 'What difference does performing this activity mean to the beneficiary?'”

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