2027 Home Health Proposed Rule
What this rule really means for your bottom line … On the surface, the Calendar Year 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule (CMS-1844-P) looks like good news. CMS …
Should Your Hospice or Home Health Agency Join a Regional Collaborative?
What New England’s NECHN Growth Tells Us Independent hospice and home health agencies across Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts are watching a quiet but consequential trend: small, mission-driven providers are …
The 2026 Home Health Final Rule: A Survival Guide for Agencies
If you’ve been holding your breath waiting for the 2026 Medicare Home Health Final Rule, you can finally exhale. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final …
New Home Health OASIS-E Guidance Training Program from CMS
CMS is offering a virtual training program that provides instruction on the guidance for the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)-E. This training is part of a comprehensive strategy to …
All Home Health Agencies: Critical iQIES Update from CMS!
Please read this important update from CMS and share it with your staff: “CMS identified an iQIES system nuance that may affect your HHA’s Services Provided values that are displayed …
Important Update from Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA): All CCA In-Network Home Health Agencies Must be Medicare Certified by January 1, 2023!
The Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA) has announced that all in-network home health agencies must become Medicare certified by January 1, 2023. If your agency is already Medicare certified you should …
Massachusetts Home Health Agencies: A Very Important MassHealth Update for 2022!
MassHealth has shared a critical update for home health agencies about regulatory changes which will become effective January 1, 2022. These are presented in detail in the PDF linked below. …
Home Health Providers: New HH QRP OASIS Interim Guidance Webinar from CMS
CMS invites Home Health providers to listen to the Home Health Quality Reports Program’s OASIS Interim Guidance Webinar. In an effort to provide an overview of important OASIS data collection …
Fourth Quarter PEPPERs are Available for Home Health Agencies and Partial Hospitalization Programs
Fourth quarter calendar year 2020 Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports (PEPPERs) are available for Home Health Agencies (HHAs) and Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHPs). These reports summarize provider-specific data …
Home Health, Hospice, and DME: Don’t Miss the Next CMS Open Door Forum! Wednesday, June 23 at 2:00 PM ET!
The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, June 23, 2021 PM at 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET). Please call at least 15 minutes …