Home Health Line Breaking News
07/11/2025
Two California residents have pled guilty in relation to a hospice fraud case that cost Medicare around $16 million, according to a press release published by the Department of Justice on July 8.  
07/11/2025
This preview report includes the annual update of claims-based measures that are only released in the fall.
07/10/2025
Just weeks after alerting providers to a scam related to fraudulent record requests, CMS has updated its warning to note that these phishing attacks are arriving via fax and email.
07/08/2025
Total jobs in home health care services remain at the lowest point since October 2024.
07/08/2025
Surveyors continue to see clinicians failing to perform hand hygiene before and after patient contact or after touching potentially contaminated surfaces, according to the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC).
07/08/2025
A fluid-restricted diet is considered a therapeutic diet for K0520D (Nutritional approaches - therapeutic diet) if the patient’s fluid restriction is prescribed in order to manage a disease or clinical condition, CMS clarified in the recent July quarterly OASIS Q&As. 
07/07/2025
An Illinois-based home health agency received more than $100,000 in overpayments due to incorrect billing, coding and documentation, according to the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG).  
07/01/2025
Industry leaders argue that the CMS proposal for a 6.4% payment cut will mean fewer agencies in the market and more patients struggling to find the care they need.
06/30/2025
Many changes were included in the 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule, including updates to HHQRP, HHCAHPS, OASIS items, face-to-face encounter requirements and more. 
06/29/2025
A Georgia hospice owner has agreed to pay $9.2 million to settle three lawsuits alleging that he violated the Anti-Kickback statute and the False Claims Act, according to a June 11 release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia. The cases accused Mahlega Abdsharafa of Creative Hospice Care, Inc., and his affiliated companies of providing medical directors with paid kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals. 

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